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TIL that DC Comics sued the sneaker company DC Shoes because of their similar logo. However it turned out that DC Comics hadn’t trademarked their logo properly, so they lost the case and had to pay the shoe company every year to use their own logo.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 12:19 pm

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What is similar to windows but can instantly detect the cause of most common computer-problems?

by cringeyjokesman May 11, 2022, 5:41 pm

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TIL a non-smoking, 65-year-old male in excellent health today has a 43% probability of living to age 90, and a similar 65-year-old female has a 54% probability of living to 90

by whatilearned May 11, 2022, 8:18 am

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TIL That there was a plot to kill or kidnap George Washington early in the Revolutionary War – the traitors were from Washington’s Life Guards, similar to today’s Secret Service. One of the traitors was the first person to be put to death for treason, Thomas Hickey, in front of 20,000 people.

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 7:08 pm

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TIL the markup of wedding dresses is 3.9, meaning a $500 white dress costs almost $2000 if bought as a wedding dress. According to the study, even a dress sold as a “bridesmaid” dress costs 1.8 times more than a similar formal gown.

by whatilearned May 6, 2022, 7:52 pm

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TIL that stamps mimicking postage stamps but printed for promotional use by businesses, churches, political or non-profit groups are called Cinderella stamps as even though they are attractive, they are still seen as inferior by philatelists, much similar to Cinderella.

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 9:00 am

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TIL the original Dynasty Warriors (DW1) started off as a 1-on-1 fighting game similar to Soulcalibur before being remade into a hack-and-slash and renamed in Japanese by adding “真” (shin, meaning “true”) to its name (DW2 is just 新・三国無双 in Japanese, without the 2)

by whatilearned May 3, 2022, 4:25 am

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TIL astronomers have found an exoplanet with rings similar to Saturn

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 1:36 am

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TIL that the word ‘alcohol’ originates from the Arabic word Al-kohl (like the eyeliner). Ancient Egyptians made the cosmetic through a process involving heating. During the Middle Ages, the term was adopted in reference to numerous substances produced through similar means, including “alcohol”.

by whatilearned April 30, 2022, 7:25 pm

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TIL Randy Savage first wrestled as The Spider, a character similar to Spider-Man. He later appeared in Spider-Man (2002) in which he suffered his most significant injury, a neck injury which so severe he turned his torso instead of his neck for the rest of his life.

by whatilearned April 29, 2022, 10:58 pm

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Can’t find glasses without glasses. Can’t open scissor packaging without scissors. What else in the world has this same or similar relationship?

by QuestionGuy April 29, 2022, 6:48 am

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How are doors and whores similar?

by cringeyjokesman April 18, 2022, 9:08 pm

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