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TIL even though Athens was a democracy, and all its adult male citizens were members of the Assembly, many of the city’s offices were filled by lot because election was regarded as undemocratic, since it effectively pronounced some citizens better qualified than others.

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 6:57 pm

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TIL the director Tony Kaye of American History X was regarded as unemployable by Hollywood because the studio wanted Edward Norton’s cut which had an additional 18 minutes of footage. Kaye took out $100k in ads condemning Norton and studio and tried changing his name in the credits to Humpty Dumpty

by whatilearned August 21, 2022, 7:47 pm

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TIL The Yamnaya steppe horse culture of the Black and Caspian sea regions was a major driver of migrations into western Europe about 4,500 years ago. This migratory surge is now regarded as the most likely source of the vast family of Indo-European languages, spoken by half the world today.

by whatilearned July 8, 2022, 10:56 am

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TIL – May 1999 was the month were the best rubber bands were made and F1D indoor airplane enthusiasts call this “5-99”. Sources for these rubber bands are a highly regarded secret and is traded for very high prices.

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 4:07 pm

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TIL an April Fool’s Day Joke on the BBC resulted in a number of people contacting them in order to discover how they could grow their own Spaghetti Trees. At the time, Spaghetti was fairly unknown in the UK. It is regarded as one of the biggest hoaxes ever from a reputable news establishment.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 7:36 am

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TIL Karman line is the border that separates the Earth’s atmosphere from outer space. It is defined as being 100 km above sea level by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. This is regarded as the starting point of outer space, i.e. where the atmosphere is too thin to support flight.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 1:22 am

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TIL Aeschylus, one of the greatest tragedians of ancient Greece, regarded as the father of the genre itself, died after a bird dropped a tortoise on his head, thinking it was a rock to break it open.

by whatilearned June 7, 2022, 7:05 pm

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TIL about boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Considered one the greatest fighters ever, one of his matches is called “The War,” and is regarded an instant classic. Frustrated that announcers were not using his nickname, “Marvelous,” Marvin Hagler had his name legally changed to Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 12:53 pm

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TIL Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court case that ruled segregation laws did not violate the US Constitution. The underlying case began when Homer Plessy, 7/8ths White man, attempted to ride in the Whites-only section of a train car. It is widely regarded as one of the Court’s worst decisions

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 9:12 pm

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TIL Serge Gainsbourg, regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, made a song called Lemon Incest with his 13 year old daughter. This song has ambiguous lyrics seeming to refer to an impossible physical love between an adult and his child. The song peaked at two on the French charts

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 8:55 am

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Someone once said, “70-80 year olds are generally regarded as unemployable due to mental decline / skill mismatch. Yet, they’re exclusively running the country”. How you do feel about this ?

by QuestionGuy April 14, 2022, 5:42 am

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TIL of “Antiaris toxicaria”, also known as the “Upas”, a tree whose latex is so toxic it is used to poison the tips of blowdarts and arrows in Southeast Asian cultures. It has sometimes been regarded as the most poisonous tree in the world.

by whatilearned April 13, 2022, 2:43 am

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