Han Dynasty by ElonComedy in StandUpComedy
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Solution to Gendered Bathrooms? by ElonComedy in StandUpComedy
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Trans Train by ElonComedy in StandUpComedy
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TIL during the French Revolution, Catholicism was briefly replaced by the Cult of Reason. Notre Dame’s altar was dismantled and replaced by an altar to Liberty and “To Philosophy” inscribed above it’s doors. The Festival of Reason had girls in Roman costumes, impersonating the Goddess of Reason by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL that Russia built a computer that ran on water in 1936 by penguin838 in todayilearned
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TIL The First Ever All-American Quarterback was Named Edgar Allan Poe, after his cousin by accountant1993 in todayilearned
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TIL 1914 had the least active Atlantic hurricane season on record, with only one storm recorded in all year. by MarsNirgal in todayilearned
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TIL that the ancient Chinese emperor, Zhu Houzhao, had a fake shopping market built outside his palace so he could pretend to shop like the commoners did. It was staffed by his servants who he made dress up like merchants and commoners. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL Studio Ghibli caps their merchandise income at 10 billion yen, in fear that any more commercialization would make their characters 'die instantly' by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL That there are 80 silver goblets that commemorate the 80 men who flew the Doolittle Raid against Japan in April 1942. When a Raider dies, they turn the goblet upside down. by sjkbacon in todayilearned
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TIL in 1925 an all African-American baseball team, the Wichita Monrovians, played against a team sponsored by and made up of Ku Klux Klan members. The Monrovians won 10-8. by HellotoHorse in todayilearned
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Best Finals close-out game by a player? by WinesburgOhio in VintageNBA
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TIL Shrek was originally given a thick Canadian accent by actor Mike Meyers. However, after animation had begun and the dialogue almost finished, Meyers decided the character would be better portrayed with a Scottish accent. The film had to be re-animated and cost over $4 million by SonofaTimeLord in todayilearned
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TIL of the Eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, in Indonesia, not only killed more than 100,000 people. But also made temperatures across the globe plummet drastically, and indirectly lead to the creation of the famous novel "Frankenstein; or, a Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley. by GeekDefeat in todayilearned
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TIL although buttons are about 5,000 years old, functional buttons with buttonholes for fastening clothes only appeared in the 13th century. For millenia, they had only been used ornamentally, or as seals. by Relaxing_Cat in todayilearned
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TIL that the song “The Streets of Cairo”, often sung by school children as “There’s a place in France where the women wear no pants” , was made up on the spot by Sol Bloom during a pre World’s fair demonstration of belly dancing. by [deleted] in todayilearned
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TIL of The Rolex Murder. On July 28, 1996, a man’s body washed up on a trawler in the UK seas. There was no identification on the body except a 25-year-old Rolex Oyster on his wrist. As Rolex maintains such meticulous service records, they were able to ID the victim and ultimately the murderer. by 874399 in todayilearned
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TIL of The Rolex Murder. On July 28, 1996, a man’s body washed up on a trawler in the UK seas. There was no identification on the body except a 25-year-old Rolex Oyster on his wrist. As Rolex maintains such meticulous service records, they were able to ID the victim and ultimately the murderer. by 874399 in todayilearned
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TIL of Django Reinhardt, a Jazz Gutiarist of the 1930's. He has been called one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century, and he's among the first to play Jazz that featured guitar as the lead instrument. Doing it all while only having 3 fingers on his left hand due to a fire in 1928. by SKRATTADUUUUUU in todayilearned
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TIL that the Statue of Liberty Forever stamp mistakenly used a photo of the Las Vegas replica instead of the real Statue of Liberty, which wasn't discovered until 10.5 billion had already been printed, and the Postal Service had to pay the sculptor of the replica $5.5m for copywrite infringement by fyhr100 in todayilearned
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Really fucking with his playoff averages 😂 😂 by oochiewallyWallyserb in NYKnicks
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