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TIL that between 1983 and 2004, NBC ran 2 hours of comedy programming every Thursday night, known as “Must See TV”. The lineup included some of the most iconic comedies of all time, such as Frasier, Seinfeld, Friends, and Will & Grace. They placed 1st almost every week. They now rank 4th.

by whatilearned August 13, 2022, 5:47 am

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Here’s a simple analogy that maybe will help you grasp the basic gist of how we rank nuts.

by CopyPastaArchive August 3, 2022, 2:41 pm

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TIL about Yukio Mishima, author and right wing activist who after joining the the SDF at 45 tried to spark a coup aimed at restoring the emperor and shogunate, barricaded in an office of a high rank officer committed seppuku. His second failed 3x to sever his head, another friend needed to step in.

by whatilearned July 25, 2022, 11:20 am

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TIL Military Service dogs are always one rank higher than their handler. This is done to prevent abuse from the handler since they would be charged and sent to prison for abusing a senior ranking member.

by whatilearned July 12, 2022, 2:00 pm

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TIL in 1976, George Washington was posthumously promoted to the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, the highest rank in the United States Army. The only other person to ever hold this rank was John J. Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during WW1.

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 12:31 am

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TIL Major-General Charles George Gordon was a British Army officer who made his military reputation in China. He was placed in command of the “Ever Victorious Army” which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion. The Emperor of China promoted Gordon to the rank of tidu.

by whatilearned June 19, 2022, 1:38 pm

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People often rank a person’s attractiveness out of ten, but what is considered a ten in some states would be considered differently elsewhere.

by cringeyjokesman June 9, 2022, 11:35 pm

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TIL it is widely believed the US Armed Forces never adopted the rank of Field Marshall, opting for the five-star “General of the Army” instead, because George Marshall was the first person promoted to the rank and “Marshall Marshall” sounded undignified.

by whatilearned May 8, 2022, 2:21 pm

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TIL that aside from preventing hair from falling into food, a chef’s hat also indicates their rank among the kitchen staff. Traditionally the taller the hat, the higher the rank.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 3:08 am

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TIL Charles Burgess Fry most famous for captaining the English cricket team has also appeared in an FA cup Final for Southampton and equalled the world record for long-jump. Fry also published 9 books and was given the rank of captain in the RNR and also reputedly turned down the throne of Albania

by whatilearned April 21, 2022, 3:16 am

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TIL that Max Verstappen, aside from being an F1 champion driver, he is also one of the top ranked players in FIFA Ultimate Team, reaching a top rank of 21st in FIFA 19

by whatilearned March 25, 2022, 5:29 am

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TIL that only 2 foreigners reached the rebel army’s highest rank “comandante” during the Cuban revolution. One of them was Che Guevara. The other was a American soldier named William A. Morgan. He joined the revolution in 1957, claiming to seek revenge for a friend who was killed by Batista’s regime

by whatilearned February 10, 2022, 1:00 am

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