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TIL Holland is a region within the Netherlands, and in 2020 the Netherlands officially dropped its support of the word Holland for the whole country, which included a logo redesign that changed ‘Holland’ to ‘NL.’

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 3:28 pm

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TIL Wang Geon, the founder of Goryeo (a medieval Korean kingdom), had 30 wives and 34 children. He married daughters from powerful noble families to have their support. In contrast, his son Gwangjong, wanting to retain power only in the royal family, married his half-sister, and his niece

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 12:00 am

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TIL that the fluffy silk in milkweed was used to insulate naval life preservers and even aviation suits during World War II. The Department of Agriculture rallied support for the troops with the slogan, “pick a weed, save a life.”

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 3:25 pm

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women, why do you barely support women sports?

by QuestionGuy August 28, 2022, 3:27 pm

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TIL about The Lost Battalion of WW1. Wherein soldiers of the US 77th Div. launched an attack in the Argonne forest under the idea that they were being supported by French on the left and more US on the right. Ally support was stalled and the 77th pushed their attack so far that they were cut off.

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 7:42 pm

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Working class people who don’t support universal healthcare, why?

by QuestionGuy August 25, 2022, 12:28 am

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Was recently in Lake of the Woods, MN and discovered that several WWII German prisoner of war internment camps were there to support pulp wood production for the war. Interesting history here:

by HistoryBuff August 21, 2022, 4:21 pm

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TIL that Duolingo will teach you High Valyrian (a fictional language from Game of Thrones) but does not support Filipino.

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 5:17 pm

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What are some companies that you are proud to support?

by QuestionGuy August 19, 2022, 12:54 am

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If a man wants the pregnancy terminated & the woman chooses not to, why should he have to pay child support?

by QuestionGuy August 15, 2022, 9:26 am

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TIL As of April 2017, 5.5 million delinquent noncustodial parents, or debtors, owed over $114 billion in past-due child support.

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 5:27 pm

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Would you support taxing churches? Why or why not?

by QuestionGuy August 4, 2022, 6:36 am

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