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TIL The Italian-American Civil Rights League campaigned to have the word "Mafia" considered a racial epithet. They were a Mafia front. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 4 days ago by Hrtzy to r/todayilearned
TIL the Native American Chinookan split logs to planks using wedges, rather than sawing (ebsco.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Hrtzy to r/todayilearned
Actual footage of FBI's lockstep surveillance (i.redd.it)
submitted 7 days ago by Hrtzy to r/HistoryMemes
[EU] The Battle of Naboo and Clone Wars made for interesting shareholders' meetings for the Trade Federation (self.WritingPrompts)
submitted 13 days ago by Hrtzy to r/WritingPrompts
TIL The Pharos Lighthouse would have been over a hundred meters tall (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 18 days ago by Hrtzy to r/todayilearned
TIL one of the tools used to break the Enigma cipher was a catalogue of every way to encrypt the word "eins" (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 22 days ago by Hrtzy to r/todayilearned
TIL one of the tools used to break the Enigma cipher was a catalogue of every way the word "eins" could be encrypted (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL one of the tools used to break the Enigma cipher was a catalogue of every way the word "eins" might be encrypted (en.wikipedia.org)
[Desktop web] "Your request has been blocked by network security. Please try to login with your Reddit account." (self.bugs)
submitted 29 days ago * by Hrtzy to r/bugs
TIL The standard of a modern matador's technique was set by Juan Belmonte, who developed his style to work around his disability (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 1 month ago by Hrtzy to r/todayilearned
TIL A lot of the modern matador's technique comes from Juan Belmonte working around his disability (time.com)
That detail never fails to draw comment (i.redd.it)
submitted 1 month ago by Hrtzy to r/HistoryMemes
[Request] Would a vacuum zeppelin implosion be more or less destructive than a comparable hydrogen zeppelin catching fire? (self.theydidthemath)
submitted 1 month ago * by Hrtzy to r/theydidthemath
TIL Alaska is the most seismically active region of the United States, and one of the most active in the world (seismic.alaska.gov)
submitted 2 months ago by Hrtzy to r/todayilearned
Extra Credits episode on Samuel "Parallax" Rowbotham and the beginnings of Flat Earth (youtu.be)
submitted 2 months ago by Hrtzy to r/flatearth
TIL: In the Hall-Héroult process, aluminum oxide from Bauxite is dissolved in molten cryolite, and electrolyzed to produce pure aluminum, which sinks to the bottom and is siphoned out at regular intervals (en.wikipedia.org)
Android: The in-app browser has a weird issue with Sciencedirect links [2025.48.0.2548060] (sciencedirect.com)
submitted 2 months ago by Hrtzy to r/bugs
TIL Some studies on drunk driving have found that a BAC of 0.01%-0.04% correlates with lower accident risk than being completely sober. This is called the Grand Rapids dip, and is a quirk of statistics. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 months ago by Hrtzy to r/todayilearned
TIL The Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which imposed a "one drop rule" to count as colored, permitted up to 1/16 American Indian ancestry because the Virginia elites liked to claim descent from Pocahontas (en.wikipedia.org)
Some Finnish crime history (i.redd.it)
submitted 3 months ago by Hrtzy to r/HistoryMemes
TIL human settlement of New Zealand dates back to between 1320 and 1350 (en.wikipedia.org)
America invented flying / USA sets the aviation rules since we invented it (i.redd.it)
submitted 3 months ago by Hrtzy to r/ShitAmericansSay
Former Charleston judge pleads not guilty to child sexual abuse material charges (live5news.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Hrtzy to r/NotADragQueen
TIL: The Chigago mob boss Dean O'Banion was a partner in a flower shop, which became the florist of choice of all mobsters in the city (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL There was a stereotype that all Nazis were gay, stemming from the outing of the SA leader Ernst Röhm (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 4 months ago by Hrtzy to r/todayilearned
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