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TIL In 2017, scientists began a global search to find a mate for Jeremy, a rare left-coiled snail. Since his shell coiled in the opposite direction of most snails, his organs couldn’t align with others. Two contenders were found, but they mated with each other instead of Jeremy.

by whatilearned January 26, 2022, 2:20 am

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My girlfriend said she’ll leave me if I don’t support Trump.

by cringeyjokesman January 17, 2022, 7:01 pm

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TIL of Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842) whose name entered the English language as the inventor of the shrapnel shell. In 1784 he invented “spherical case” ammunition: a hollow cannonball filled with lead shot that burst in mid-air. It lent the term shrapnel to to fragmentation in general ever since.

by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 1:10 pm

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NGS – Next Generation Shell

by ProgrammerDude December 10, 2021, 11:00 am

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Call a woman beautiful 1000 times, and she’ll never remember. Call her fat one time, and she’ll never forget. You know why?

by cringeyjokesman December 8, 2021, 2:16 pm

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I created a language shell in python

by ProgrammerDude December 5, 2021, 9:22 am

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TIL US president Rutherford B. Hayes’ middle name is, Birchard. Also while leading the charge against the Confederates, he was knocked from his horse and screwed up his ankle, he messed up his knee and he even took a shell casing to the head, and yet he never stopped.

by whatilearned November 25, 2021, 11:43 pm

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Reddit is running paid for articles by Shell who pretend to be central to solving the climate crisis, whilst gaslighting us with their greenwashing Knightrider eco-marathon. How much does Reddit earn for silencing the discussion by disabling comments and is it worth it?

by QuestionGuy November 23, 2021, 12:02 pm

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TIL that in 1949 Simon the cat was awarded a military medal after surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale, and killing off a rat infestation during the Yangtze Incident.

by whatilearned November 22, 2021, 7:41 pm

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TIL that in Bali,12 days after the cremation ceremony called ngaben, the cremated ashes are filled inside a coconut shell and carried to a nearby ocean to return the remains back to the elements.

by whatilearned November 20, 2021, 5:15 pm

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TIL During World War I, Germany attempted to preclusively purchase every hydraulic press in the US for the next two years to limit artillery shell production.

by whatilearned November 14, 2021, 9:43 pm

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TIL during the Battle of Bomarsund in 1854, Charles Davis Lucas tossed a live Russian artillery shell overboard before it exploded. He would be awarded the Victoria Cross and ultimately ascend to the rank of Rear Admiral before retiring in 1873, dying in 1914 at the age of 80

by whatilearned November 14, 2021, 2:38 am

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