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TIL during WW2, Germany experimented with rocket powered submarines. They could reach underwater speeds of 28.1 knots (52.0 km/h; 32.3 mph).

by whatilearned July 5, 2022, 6:58 pm

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TIL Roughly 2.5 billion people watched princess Diana’s funeral in 1997. At its height the queue to reach the book of condolences took 6.5 hours. The queen gave her first live broadcast in 50 years

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 8:21 pm

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TIL The U.S.A delivers mail using “Postal Donkeys” in some hard to reach areas.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 1:27 pm

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TIL The 350 mile long Bear River in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho is the longest North American River that does not eventually reach the Ocean. It ends in the Great Salt Lake.

by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 10:23 pm

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TIL the first YouTube comment to reach one million likes was Seth Everman commenting “I’m the bald guy” on the music video for Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy.” Everman had also released a cover of “Bad Guy” using a fan, an N64 and his couch as instruments.

by whatilearned June 23, 2022, 4:36 pm

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TIL that The Maze, Utah ranks as the one of riskiest hike in the world. It is the least accessible district of Canyonlands. It’s a difficult place to navigate, with lots of side canyons and dead ends from the main trail. Food and water are scarce, and could take rescuers three days to reach.

by whatilearned June 17, 2022, 1:32 am

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TIL that Weird Al’s song White & Nerdy is his first and only song to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #9 in 2006, nearly 30 years after his first album was released.

by whatilearned June 7, 2022, 1:10 pm

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TIL Rosemary Kennedy was forced back into her mother’s birth canal, depriving her brain of oxygen. As a child, she failed to reach developmental milestones; at 23, she underwent a frontal lobotomy to modify behavior, leaving her mentally crippled. She was institutionalized for the rest of her life.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 8:22 am

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TIL about Jordan Romero a US Mountain Climber who at 13 was the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, having been too young to gain a permit from Nepal this climb was started from Tibet, China has since imposed minimum age limits for permits meaning this record cannot everbe broken

by whatilearned May 29, 2022, 3:43 am

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The wife was unable to reach an orgasm.

by cringeyjokesman May 17, 2022, 4:46 pm

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If you live on a skyscraper, or tall building, and leave the windows open, do flys reach you? What reaches you?

by QuestionGuy May 12, 2022, 11:24 pm

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TIL that Greenland sharks may live for over 500 years, making them longest-living vertebrate. They grow so slowly, that they reach their sexual maturity approximately at age of 150.

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 8:26 am

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