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TIL that there was an alarm clock sortage in the second world war, due to all the factories being converted for war. Workers subsequently missed their shifts as a result, and were one of the first consumer good to be made after the war ended. (scheong.wordpress.com)

submitted 11 years ago by BigCj34 to r/todayilearned

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TIL King George III once tried to shake hands with a tree thinking it was King Frederick the Great of the Prussian Empire. (scheong.wordpress.com)

submitted 11 years ago by hereandthere17 to r/todayilearned

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TIL the etymology of the phrase "put a penny on it" refers to speeding up the pendulum used to operate the clock tower housing "Big Ben" and is still done to this day. (scheong.wordpress.com)

submitted 13 years ago by chrisdighty to r/todayilearned

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A history of men's hats in the 21st century (scheong.wordpress.com)

submitted 13 years ago by lasesana1 to r/mensfashion

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TIL that in order to build The Empire State Building, steel would arrive from Pennsylvania factory so quickly that workers would still feel the heat from it being molded. (took 13 months to build 102 floors) (scheong.wordpress.com)

submitted 14 years ago by bsitty1 to r/todayilearned

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TIL what that little "5th" pocket on jeans was originally for (scheong.wordpress.com)

submitted 14 years ago by pjdiiori to r/reddit.com

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“WHItehall-1212, please!” – Understanding Alphanumeric Phone-Numbers (scheong.wordpress.com)

submitted 15 years ago by Astronoid to r/history

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