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What was the worst gift you have received?

by QuestionGuy September 20, 2022, 9:32 am

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I received a letter stating I have outstanding debt.

by cringeyjokesman September 20, 2022, 1:36 am

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TIL Dolph Lundgren has a degree in Chemical Engineering from KTH Sweden, a Masters from Univ. of Sydney. He received a Fulbright scholarship to MIT when his boss and GF, singer Grace Jones, convinced him to move to NYC where he worked as model, bouncer before his debut in A View to a Kill.

by whatilearned September 19, 2022, 11:53 pm

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What is the worst gift you received?

by QuestionGuy September 15, 2022, 11:43 am

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TIL that declining ticket sales and subsequent bankruptcy almost led to the demolition of Radio City Music Hall in April 1978. Its interior received landmark status in March of that year, saving it from the wrecking ball.

by whatilearned September 13, 2022, 3:17 am

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TIL about Chaicharn Harnavee, a Thai Special Force and POW in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. For assisting the American POWs who shared his captivity, Harnavee received the Silver Star and Legion of Merit medals from the United States and his picture is hung in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes.

by whatilearned September 12, 2022, 10:42 pm

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What is the best piece of advice you ever received?

by QuestionGuy September 12, 2022, 1:16 pm

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What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?

by QuestionGuy September 11, 2022, 3:40 am

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TIL According to his widow, Constanze, Mozart received the commission for composing his Requiem from a mysterious messenger who did not reveal the commissioner’s identity, and that Mozart came to believe that he was writing the requiem for his own funeral.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 10:07 pm

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TIL Arica, Chile is the driest city in the World, with an average of 1.8mm (0.07 in) of rain a year. Some places in the surrounding desert have not received rain in over 500 years.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 7:30 pm

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TIL, the CIA hunted down top Nazi scientists after WWII, in hopes of convincing them to help develop weapons and the space program that took the US to the moon. These Nazis and their families received full American Citizenship and their war crimes were well known to the officers that found them

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 11:30 pm

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TIL : In 1992, scientists discovered the loneliest creature on Earth. It is a whale that has been calling for a mate for two decades. The whale communicates at a frequency not used by any other whales, and so far, has not received a response.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 3:52 am

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