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TIL that the Backstreet Boys have never had a number 1 hit single in the United States

by whatilearned August 13, 2022, 7:11 am

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TIL since 2004 the residents of La California, a town in Italy, have held farcical ballots for the United States presidential elections. Although votes cast by La California residents do not count, they still send the result of each election to the nearby US consulate in Florence

by whatilearned August 10, 2022, 3:15 pm

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TIL the last legal/official public execution in the United States was in 1936

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 11:43 am

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In the United States we have “The South” and all its associated stereotypes. International redditors, what is “The South” of your country, and why?

by QuestionGuy August 8, 2022, 8:53 pm

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TIL in 2007, Somali pirates siezed a North Korean cargo vessel. The ship’s distress call was responded by an American Warship where they retook the ship and gave medical assistance to North Koreans. After this incident, the North Korean media expressed gratitude to the the United States.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 5:50 pm

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TIL that, according to professor Geert Hofstede, the United States is the most individualistic country on Earth.

by whatilearned August 8, 2022, 4:25 pm

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Thanks Man United, you ruined my life

by CopyPastaArchive August 7, 2022, 4:11 pm

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TIL There are wild populations of Rheas, a large flightless bird from South America distantly related to the ostrich, living in Germany and the United Kingdom

by whatilearned August 7, 2022, 3:03 pm

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Would you attend a free public reading of the United States Constitution at your public library? Why or why not?

by QuestionGuy August 5, 2022, 3:15 am

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TIL that in 2020 TV ad spending of the pharma industry accounted for 75 percent of the total ad spend in the United States.

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 7:44 pm

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TIL The Dark Knight trilogy director Christopher Nolan based his characterization of Bruce Wayne on Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. To Nolan, both characters overcame great personal loss and a traumatic childhood by reinventing themselves and personally taking on crime.

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 4:17 am

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TIL the marriage between Luisa de Abrego, a free black domestic servant from Seville and Miguel Rodríguez, a white Segovian conquistador in 1565 in St. Augustine (Spanish Florida), is the first known and recorded Christian marriage anywhere in the continental United States.

by whatilearned July 29, 2022, 1:08 pm

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