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TIL the “Lockheed Flatbed” was a proposed flatbed airplane designed for bulky cargo such as military jeeps or tanks

by whatilearned January 18, 2022, 2:43 pm

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What should be taught in school and is not even being proposed?

by QuestionGuy December 8, 2021, 5:57 pm

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TIL Victorian London was frantically looking for a solution for what to do with all their dead, and Architect Thomas Wilson proposed the Metropolitan Sepulchre, a 94 story “Death Pyramid.” It would have dominated London’s skyline and housed up to 5 million bodies, and even received financial support

by whatilearned December 4, 2021, 2:23 am

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TIL of UK Ultraspeed, a proposed high-speed magnetic-levitation train line between London and Glasgow. It was rejected in 2007 by the UK government and the company behind the proposal kept trying to get the project reconsidered and only ceased efforts to promote it in early 2013, neasix years later

by whatilearned December 2, 2021, 4:46 pm

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Proposed ‘Bentley’s Law’ would make drunk drivers pay child support if parent is killed, how do you feel about this?

by QuestionGuy November 23, 2021, 1:43 am

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TIL cocaine, initially used as an anesthetic, was promoted by Merck as a cure for morphine addiction to Civil War veterans. After Freud promoted the drug as treatment for depression, proposed applications of the drug proliferated, fueling an addiction epidemic ended only by regulation in 1914

by whatilearned November 19, 2021, 6:42 pm

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TIL that in 1993, scientist Cesare Emiliani proposed switching the Gregorian calendar to the Holocene calendar which would account for the entirety of human civilization, starting 12,000 years ago at Year 0. Making the current year 12021 HE (Human Era).

by whatilearned November 17, 2021, 1:22 am

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TIL about the Racial Equality Proposal, an amendment to the Treaty of Versailles proposed by Japan, though broadly supported did not pass due to opposition from the United States and Australia. This was one reason for an alienated Japan’s increased nationalism and militarism leading up to WW2.

by whatilearned November 12, 2021, 1:51 am

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TIL that in 1952, Stalin proposed German reunification under a “neutral and democratic” government, but was turned down by the West. It is still debated whether the offer was a bluff, a trick, or a genuine missed opportunity for reunification.

by whatilearned October 29, 2021, 7:51 pm

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TIL in preparation for their proposed invasion of Britain, the Nazis produced a handbook identifying dangerous anti-Nazi institutions in Britain, including Masonic lodges, the Church of England, and the Boy Scouts

by whatilearned October 17, 2021, 5:26 pm

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TIL: Napoleon seriously considered using a fleet of troop-carrying balloons as part of his proposed invasion force of Britain in the 1805 but backed out due to dangerous winds.

by whatilearned October 13, 2021, 5:00 am

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TIL that in April 1st, 1971 Tom Moore pranked collegues at the House of Reps. to pass a bill honoring the Boston Strangler for his work in “population control”, and prove that they didn’t read or understand the proposed bills. The bill passed unanimously.

by whatilearned September 2, 2021, 11:15 am

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