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TIL About Clive Wearing a British former musicologist who has chronic amnesia. He lacks the ability to form new memories and cannot recall aspects of his memories, frequently believing that he has only recently awoken from a comatose state often referred to as ’30-second Clive’

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 8:17 am

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TIL that a large port of NY State is considered Appalachia and has a Federal Commission overseeing the development of the impoverished population

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 2:15 pm

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TIL: in 1906 a group of 500 students from Missouri State University demanded they be let into the Cole Bros. circus for $0.25 instead of $0.50. When they couldn’t stay for the concert after the show they marched to the train yard ripped up rails and greased them so the train couldn’t leave town.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 3:00 am

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There is a video showing Peter Schmidt, a Republican candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly who opposes LGBTQ rights and claims to be a “strong and conservative Christian,” giving a bj to one of his farm workers. What do you think about this?

by QuestionGuy September 5, 2022, 6:25 am

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TIL of B virus, a form of herpes that leads to death in 40% of cases, and another 40% suffer brain damage. It comes from macaques monkeys which are currently an invasive species in a state park in Florida.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 4:04 am

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Did you know that the state vegetable and official state pastime of Alabama are the same thing?

by cringeyjokesman September 2, 2022, 1:13 pm

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If the US dollar collapses, what would your state resort to using as currency?

by QuestionGuy September 1, 2022, 9:21 pm

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TIL: England Holds World’s First National State Lottery on January 11, 1569 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 8:28 pm

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what do you think is the worst American state?

by QuestionGuy August 30, 2022, 3:28 pm

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TIL Delaware is the only state in the U.S. without commercial air service. Most of the population is so close to other states’ airports that it doesn’t matter

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 6:26 pm

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TIL Virgil McCroskey purchased 4,400 acres of land for tourism in Idaho on the condition he maintain it himself for 15 years; McCroskey accepted the terms, and lived exactly 15 more years, fulfilling his obligation to the state of Idaho just weeks before his death in 1970 at age 93.

by whatilearned August 24, 2022, 6:15 am

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TIL the first unsuccessful state fair in the country was in Ann Arbor, MI in 1839

by whatilearned August 23, 2022, 5:32 pm

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