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TIL that “Mana” as a measure of spell power was first coined by Larry Niven in a 1969 short story, and is derived from a Polynesian belief of things containing spiritual power

by whatilearned July 5, 2022, 8:20 pm

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TIL that Ronnie Van Zant, lead vocalist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, frequently told people he wouldn’t live to see 30. At one point he told his dad: “Daddy, I’ll never be 30 years old.” On October 20, 1977, Ronnie Van Zant died in a plane crash at age 29, 87 days short of his 30th birthday.

by whatilearned July 5, 2022, 5:56 pm

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TIL after filming of the restauraunt scene in the 1983 “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life”, hundreds of pounds of fake vomit had to be cleaned up on short notice as a wedding was booked at the same venue hours later.

by whatilearned July 2, 2022, 1:55 am

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TIL that time dilation is the reason we can use muon tomography to scan the Great Pyramids. From their point of view, muons only live a very short time. But they go so fast that from our point of view, they live long enough to penetrate the atmosphere and large objects.

by whatilearned July 1, 2022, 4:34 am

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Don’t make fun of people for being short,

by cringeyjokesman June 30, 2022, 9:17 pm

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TIL some people are born tongue-tied. This anomaly restricts mobility of the tongue due to an unusually short, thick lingual frenulum, the membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. The condition is easily fixed by surgically cutting the frenulum

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 11:46 am

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TIL ‘Mickey Mousing’ describes in animation and film the technique of perfectly syncing sound and actions on the screen. Though not the first cartoon to do so, Walt Disney perfected the technique in the Mickey Mouse short ‘Steamboat Willie’ and changed the way sound was incorporated into cartoons.

by whatilearned June 19, 2022, 7:32 pm

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TIL that NINJA is short for No Income No Job or Asset. It’s understandable that NINJA kills people for a living

by whatilearned June 19, 2022, 9:54 am

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I’m starting a business to teach short people maths.

by cringeyjokesman June 19, 2022, 2:57 am

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Dave Grohl’s kid: Dad, these cakes you made for the school fundraiser are great, but we’re one short.

by cringeyjokesman June 15, 2022, 2:40 pm

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TIL that getting goosebumps triggers new hair growth. They cause hair to rise in the short term and trigger more hair growth in the long term.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 1:47 pm

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It doesn’t matter if you’re tall, short, fat, thin, rich, poor, at the end of the day….

by cringeyjokesman June 9, 2022, 12:59 pm

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