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TIL “This little piggy” is a lesson on the lifecycle of farm animals. 1)The fattest pig is sold as meat. 2)Next pig needs to get bigger. 3)Middle pig is fed leftovers (roast beef) to bulk up. 4)This pig is still living on milk. 5)Farmer buys a baby. Missing its mother, it cries on the ride home.

by whatilearned September 5, 2022, 12:18 pm

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I’d Like to Call This Talk of ours, Today , “How Bad could a Euthanasia Screw up be in Canada,” Jordan Peterson I think Might be an Example, and I’ll illustrate in Militsyia, Gymnasium Sabers, the Language of Rough Persons in a Real Fight, and, an Escape We Should Not Take, “lest I’d sold it well!”

by CopyPastaArchive September 4, 2022, 11:36 pm

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TIL that the inventors of insulin James Collip and Charles Best, sold the insulin patent to the University of Toronto for a mere $1.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 6:00 pm

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TIL that according to a congressional report there are an estimated 2.4 million cases of unnecessary surgery sold and performed on the public every year. Lucian Leape, a former surgeon and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, a renowned patient safety expert cautions

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 5:05 am

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TIL – in 1995, Renault installed their 800+HP, V-10 Formula 1 engine into their Espace minivan, sold in Europe. They had F1 champ Alain Prost test drive it around a race track.

by whatilearned September 2, 2022, 9:45 pm

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TIL that ‘Penny dreadful’, which started in Britain in the 1830’s, were the first ‘Pop Culture’ product. The serial stories, mass produced for new, young readers, sold up to a million copies per week. Each chapter had 8-16 pages and cost a penny. Sensational topics included crime, the supernatural.

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 5:45 pm

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TIL that very few remains have been recovered from the Battle of Waterloo. This is because the remains were likely sold and used as fertiliser.

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 12:40 pm

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TIL In the early 1700’s, Britain sent over 50,000 convicted criminals to the US to be sold as laborers, mostly settling in the south to work Tobacco farms.

by whatilearned August 25, 2022, 3:59 pm

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TIL that 82% of avocado oil sold in the United States is either rancid or mixed with other oils. Researchers at UC Davis even discovered three bottles labeled as avocado oil contained no avocado oil whatsoever.

by whatilearned August 19, 2022, 7:21 pm

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TIL that the 727 (N467US) that was hijacked by DB Cooper in 1971 was later sold in 1984 and wound up being used for JANET flights from Las Vegas to Tonopah and Area 51 during the testing and production of the F117A Nighthawk program.

by whatilearned August 17, 2022, 6:00 pm

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TIL that 2.7 billion cereal boxes are sold annually and 49% of Americans begin their day with a bowl of cereal

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 8:11 pm

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TIL the King of Portugal sold all the “possessions and dominions” of a small island fort in 1903. The islet, along with its royal prerogative, were later bought by Prince Renato, an Arts teacher, who proclaimed independence from Portugal in 2007. The official dish of the principality is takeaway.

by whatilearned August 14, 2022, 7:48 pm

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