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TIL Ancient Egypt, a civilization in ancient Africa, following prehistoric Egypt, coalesced around 3100 BC with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Menes/Narmer. Ancient Egypt was a series of stable kingdoms of Old, Middle, New; separated by relatively unstable Intermediate Periods.

by whatilearned August 13, 2022, 7:31 pm

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TIL despite sharing more than 200 miles of border with Wisconsin and only sharing a bridge with Michigan, the Upper Peninsula is part of Michigan (not Wisconsin) because of a fight with Ohio

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 10:54 pm

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Why aren’t more people attracted to bare upper arms?

by CopyPastaArchive May 12, 2022, 1:05 am

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TIL that the naval ensign of the Indian Navy continues to contain the flag of England (Cross of St George) defaced with India’s national flag as a canton (in the upper left quarter).

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 8:41 am

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TIL that Freddy Mercury designed the Queen Crest logo himself and had four extra teeth in his upper jaw, creating his overbite. I also learned that the way he carried his mic, ‘bottomless mic’, was by an accident and he ended up liking it, so kept it.

by whatilearned April 27, 2022, 11:02 am

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People who grew up poor,What won’t middle class and upper class people never understand about growing up poor?

by QuestionGuy April 20, 2022, 11:35 pm

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TIL the British House of Lords is the only upper house of any bicameral parliament in the world that is larger than its lower house.

by whatilearned February 24, 2022, 1:07 am

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TIL that flamingos are unique from all other birds and mammals in that they have hinged upper beaks (jaws) instead of lower. They use their tongues and beaks to move water through filters they use to catch food. But, because their upper beaks move, they have to eat with their heads upside down.

by whatilearned February 9, 2022, 3:21 pm

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TIL, The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has 29% of the land mass of the state of Michigan, while only having 3% of Michigan’s total population living there.

by whatilearned January 31, 2022, 6:51 pm

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[WTS] The absolute HARDEST flex on them poors: An HK MR556A1 upper (MO)

by CopyPastaArchive January 28, 2022, 9:48 pm

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TIL that boiling food is believed to date back 30,000 years ago to the Upper Paleolithic period

by whatilearned December 4, 2021, 7:27 pm

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TIL During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, 6 analysts examined 3000 feet of reconnaissance film in the National Photographic Interpretation Center, a secret facility that occupied the upper floor of a Ford dealership in a derelict block at Fifth and K streets in Northwest Washington, D.C.

by whatilearned November 22, 2021, 5:53 pm

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