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TIL there is a bus that travels along Hadrian’s wall in the UK called the AD122. Which is also the year building started on the wall.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 9:57 am

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What is an appropriate punishment for a 17 year old who got drunk and is puking this morning?

by QuestionGuy September 5, 2022, 5:19 pm

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TIL Arica, Chile is the driest city in the World, with an average of 1.8mm (0.07 in) of rain a year. Some places in the surrounding desert have not received rain in over 500 years.

by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 7:30 pm

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TIL Kentucky statesman Henry Clay made the first known import of Hereford cattle into the United States in 1817: 1 cow, 1 bull and 1 heifer. The shipment cost him $500. Cattle descended from those Herefords were dubbed “Seventeens” in reference to the year they were brought to the US.

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 8:56 pm

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TIL of Alice Nutter, an English woman who was hanged after a 9 year old accused her of being a witch

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 4:39 pm

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TIL that according to a congressional report there are an estimated 2.4 million cases of unnecessary surgery sold and performed on the public every year. Lucian Leape, a former surgeon and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, a renowned patient safety expert cautions

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 5:05 am

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TIL of the ‘Fry and Turnbull effect’ on prostate cancer in the UK. In 2008 news presenter Bill Turnbull and broadcaster Stephen Fry both had a prostate cancer diagnosis and urged other men to come forward for help. It caused a 36% increase in patients receiving treatment the following year.

by whatilearned September 2, 2022, 2:41 pm

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Something a 40+ year old man said to me because I said “Is it workin”

by CopyPastaArchive September 2, 2022, 2:31 am

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America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year

by cringeyjokesman September 2, 2022, 2:01 am

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TIL about a true superhero–17 year old Jordan Turpin, who saved herself and 12 siblings from horrifically abusive parents

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 5:32 pm

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The movie Titanic turns 25 later this year.

by cringeyjokesman August 31, 2022, 2:28 pm

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TIL that the popularity of “Doer” names for Boys – like Racer, Trooper, Charger, Wrangler, etc. – rose by 1000% between 1980 and 2000, and has since largely stabilized at around 50,000 “Doer” named Boys per year.

by whatilearned August 30, 2022, 4:55 pm

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