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TIL Most of the time, it is perfectly safe to run the microwave with a metal spoon in it since it has rounded edges. It turns out that it’s the shape of the implement that matters. Cutlery with pointed edges can reflect the electromagnetic waves back and forth, often resulting in arcing (sparks)

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 9:00 pm

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TIL when salt dissolves in water, it’s not actually “melting.” The water breaks the ionic bond between the sodium and chloride ions, resulting in a homogeneous solution.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 1:23 am

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TIL a high school student, Johanna Mankiewicz, wrote Albert Einstein for his help on a geometry problem. In order not to divulge the entire solution, Einstein’s response only added to her confusion, resulting in a newspaper headline, “Einstein flunks out as geometry teacher.”

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 3:32 pm

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TIL about the Battle of Brisbane: American and Australian forces clashed in the capital city of Queensland in 1942, resulting in one death and multiple injuries. It was never reported in the US, and only barely in Australia

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 1:56 pm

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TIL: The inflatable pig on Pink Floyd’s Animals album cover, broke off of it’s moorings and floated over to Heathrow Airport, resulting in a panic and cancellations-delays.

by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 5:14 pm

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TIL A line with knots tied about every 47 feet was attached to a “log.” The log was tossed overboard while the attached log line would continue trailing out from the ship. After 28 seconds the number of knots that had passed overboard was counted and the resulting number was the speed of the ship.

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 7:17 pm

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Hell holders no surprise for me anymore, for Satan himself has reached into the depths of my rectum, his machinations culminating in the loosening of my sphincter. Like Moses, Satan parted my cheeks, resulting in a terrible tsunami of shit to be brought upon the Pearson International airport.

by CopyPastaArchive August 8, 2022, 7:52 am

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TIL a 2,000 person riot occurred in April 1998 at Ohio University after the bars closed early due to the daylight savings time change, resulting in over 30 arrests, the deployment of rubber and wooden projectiles by police, and one person being charged for punching a police horse.

by whatilearned August 5, 2022, 9:16 am

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TIL about the “Bionic Chef”, Eduardo Garcia, who was electrocuted by a 2,400V electrified baby black bear while alone in the Montana wilderness, costing him his hand due to the resulting burns and infection

by whatilearned July 30, 2022, 7:01 am

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TIL that during opening ceremonies in 1959 for the new Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) airport terminal, a USAF F-104 doing a low pass accidentally went supersonic. The resulting sonic boom destroyed almost every piece of glass in the new terminal building and delayed opening by nearly a year.

by whatilearned July 27, 2022, 4:37 am

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TIL that if all the spores of a single giant puffball mushroom had a 100% germination success, followed by the same for its offspring, the resulting mass of fungi would amount to 800 times the volume of Earth

by whatilearned July 13, 2022, 8:06 pm

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TIL in a four year span, road debris caused more than 200,000 car crashes, resulting in approximately 39,000 injuries and more than 500 deaths in the US.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 4:23 pm

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