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A pirate walks into a pub with a steering wheel in his pants.

by cringeyjokesman August 7, 2022, 3:35 pm

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TIL ‘Wheel of Fortune’ creator Merv Griffin asked Alex Trebek to fill in as a last-minute replacement for a handful of episodes in 1980. When Griffin decided to revive his other show ‘Jeopardy!’ years later, he fondly remembered Trebek’s work and chose him to host it, a job Trebek kept for 36 years.

by whatilearned July 19, 2022, 3:51 pm

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TIL in 1924 Gladys Ingle and the Black Cat Hollywood Daredevil stunt team were able to replace a plane’s wheel while in the air and film it.

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 6:46 pm

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TIL that the world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for more than 5,000 years

by whatilearned July 14, 2022, 11:32 am

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TIL about the Qianli chuan (‘thousand league boat’), a human powered paddle wheel boat invented in the late 5th century AD during the Southern Qi Dynasty. The boats were able to cruise hundreds of kilometers per day with by humans peddling them. They were used as war ships and tug boats.

by whatilearned July 6, 2022, 6:05 pm

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A pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel in his pants…

by cringeyjokesman June 15, 2022, 3:46 am

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What other discoveries and inventions belong in the same tier as Fire and The Wheel?

by QuestionGuy June 9, 2022, 5:27 pm

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TIL that during the filming of My Left Foot (1989), Oscar winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis remained in character for the whole production. He stayed in the wheel chair for the duration of the shot and the film crew had to lift him over obstacles. They had to feed him too.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 1:01 pm

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Wheel Chair bound congressman Madison Cawthorn lost his primary tonight.

by cringeyjokesman May 18, 2022, 4:50 am

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A pirate walk into a pub with steering wheel in his pants

by cringeyjokesman May 16, 2022, 12:43 pm

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TIL Humans have been drinking since before the wheel’s invention. Mead dates back to 9,000 years ago, 3,500 years older than the wheel.

by whatilearned April 26, 2022, 11:54 pm

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TIL that the front wheels of a car do not remain parallel when the steering wheel is turned.

by whatilearned April 12, 2022, 10:27 pm

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