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TIL that in 2008, the city of Chicago sold the rights to collect revenue from its 36,000 parking meters to a foreign-owned company based in the U.A.E, receiving a one-time lump sum of $1.2 billion against a 75 year lease. These parking meters generate about $200 million in revenue annually.

by whatilearned March 1, 2023, 1:18 pm

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TIL Mona Lisa (the painting) has its own mailbox for receiving fan mail and flowers.

by whatilearned February 7, 2023, 6:22 pm

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Found this on r/Cringepics, on a post about OP receiving creepy DM’s.

by CopyPastaArchive January 29, 2023, 12:15 pm

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TIL Officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato, the oldest living man in Tokyo, on his 111th birthday. Upon arriving to his house, a mummified body wearing underwear and pajamas was lying in his bed. He had been dead for 30 years but his family kept the secret to keep receiving his pension.

by whatilearned January 28, 2023, 12:31 am

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TIL Dwight David Eisenhower may have had an “other” life, with an assumed name playing semi-professional baseball, before receiving a scholarship to play football at West Point. Some believe he lied about his amateur status when he was admitted.

by whatilearned January 14, 2023, 1:13 am

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TIL only 20% of children and teens with mental health disorders in the US are receiving treatment

by whatilearned January 8, 2023, 4:14 am

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I have noticed that, although this submadghosts has 1m readers, I am not receiving 1m upvotes on my posts.

by CopyPastaArchive December 28, 2022, 11:03 am

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I have noticed that, although this submadghosts has 1,035m readers, I am not receiving 1.035m upvotes on my posts.

by CopyPastaArchive December 22, 2022, 1:55 am

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TIL Men and women have different hearts and sex mismatch of transplants leads to higher death rates. Although males’ bodies are more likely to reject female hearts, both sexes show 10% increased mortality when receiving a transplanted heart from someone of the opposite sex.

by whatilearned December 13, 2022, 2:43 pm

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I hate when people refer to receiving Eucrist as ‘Eating a cracker’.

by cringeyjokesman December 11, 2022, 8:25 pm

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TIL Handel composed his world famous “Messiah” oratorio in just under 30 days after receiving text compiled by wealthy land-owner Charles Jennens. Jennens was unimpressed by the final product, and claimed the quick turn around time was not due to excitement for the job, but by “careless negligence”.

by whatilearned November 28, 2022, 4:13 pm

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I have noticed that, although this world has 8 billion humans, I am not receiving 8 billion upvotes on my posts.

by CopyPastaArchive November 15, 2022, 4:34 pm

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