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TIL The Catholic Church reclassified beavers as fish so Catholics could eat them during Lent. They also reclassified capybaras for dietary purposes.

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 7:42 pm

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TIL traditional grass lawns originated as a status symbol for the wealthy. Neatly cut lawns used solely for aesthetics became a status symbol as it demonstrated that the owner could afford to maintain grass that didn’t serve purposes of food production.

by whatilearned July 9, 2022, 11:41 am

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TIL that from 1968 to the early 1990s, the BVD (intelligency agency of the Netherlands) created the “Marxist–Leninist Party of the Netherlands”, a a fake pro-China communist party in set up to develop contacts with the Chinese government for espionage purposes. The fake party even had newspapers.

by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 2:32 am

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TIL that “snake wine” (wine with a snake bottled in it) is sometimes used for medicinal purposes, but because snakes can enter a “dormant state” in harsh environments, they can sometimes survive in the bottles for years and bite people when the bottle is opened.

by whatilearned March 19, 2022, 2:10 pm

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TIL: John Magee, a missionary working in Nanking during the Nanking Massacre, ran out of the Nanking Safety Zone and took part in rescuing more than 200,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians. He filmed the event and refused to accept money for it, instead donating the footage for historical purposes.

by whatilearned March 16, 2022, 3:06 am

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TIL about george hensley, who travelled the US to spread religious ideas of the divine healing powers of snake bites. George died in 1955 as a result of a snake bite, the state of kentucky subsequently passed laws prohibiting snakes from being used for religious purposes.

by whatilearned March 8, 2022, 1:18 am

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TIL a fake town named “Agloe” was placed on a map for copyright purposes. Some people opened a shop at that location and named their store “Agloe General Store”, thus turning the fake town into a real one.

by whatilearned February 18, 2022, 1:28 pm

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Are there any ancient/historical examples of organized philanthropy/humanitarian groups or independent armies that fought primarily for benevolent purposes?

by HistoryBuff January 17, 2022, 11:38 am

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I intercept this IPTV player just for knowledge and education purposes but I wasn’t getting a working m3u8

by ProgrammerDude December 3, 2021, 5:08 pm

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GitHub – EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpriseEdition: FizzBuzz Enterprise Edition is a no-nonsense implementation of FizzBuzz made by serious businessmen for serious business purposes.

by ProgrammerDude November 1, 2021, 11:16 pm

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TIL that a Succotash is a food dish, not just a word that Sylvester (Looney Tunes) made up for alliterative purposes

by whatilearned October 21, 2021, 1:09 pm

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TIL In November 2007, a man in Kansas City, Missouri, was discovered with an I. alvarius toad in his possession, and charged with possession of a controlled substance after authorities determined he intended to use its secretions for recreational purposes

by whatilearned October 19, 2021, 5:00 am

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