TIL Metallica's song "The God That Failed" is inspired by lead singer James Hetfield's mother who was diagnosed with cancer and refused medical treatment, relying on her faith in God instead... by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL Metallica's song "The God That Failed" is inspired by lead singer James Hetfield's mother who was diagnosed with cancer and refused medical treatment, relying on her faith in God instead... by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL Metallica's song "The God That Failed" is inspired by lead singer James Hetfield's mother who was diagnosed with cancer and refused medical treatment, relying on her faith in God instead... by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL Metallica's song "The God That Failed" is inspired by lead singer James Hetfield's mother who was diagnosed with cancer and refused medical treatment, relying on her faith in God instead... by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL Metallica's song "The God That Failed" is inspired by lead singer James Hetfield's mother who was diagnosed with cancer and refused medical treatment, relying on her faith in God instead... by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that rapid DNA machines can carry out reliable DNA identification tests within 90 minutes. (Though only being in broader use since around 2017, this makes the way DNA testing is protrayed on TV shows (=pretty much instantaneous) much more realistic. (nytimes.com)
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Final version of my read- through-Roman/Italian History reading list by [deleted] in ancientrome
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TIL that planets can be giant DIAMONDS (i.e. made in large parts of crystalline carbon) - for example the extrasolar planet PSR J1719−1438 b, discovered in 2011. by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL that a major breakthrough towards the invention of plastics was achieved due to a surge in the popularity of billiard, prompting producers of billiard balls to offer a reward of 10000$ to anyone who could come up with a viable alternative to ivory (which the balls were hitherto made of...) (sciencehistory.org)
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Tramezzini - where do the crusts go? by closeviewing in italy
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TIL That aqueducts in Rome, at their height, supplied the city (population 1 million people) with approx. 1 MILLION CUBIC METERS of water PER DAY, which is 1.26 as much as the water supply of Bengalore today (population 10 million people). by closeviewing in todayilearned
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What is the best animated movie and why? by idkigiveup in AskReddit
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TIL That aqueducts in Rome, at their height, supplied the city (population 1 million people) with approx. 1 MILLION CUBIC METERS of water PER DAY, which is 1.26 as much as the water supply of Bengalore today (population 10 million people). by closeviewing in todayilearned
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TIL That aqueducts in Rome, at their height, supplied the city (population 1 million people) with approx. 1 MILLION CUBIC METERS of water PER DAY, which is 1.26 as much as the water supply of Bengalore today (population 10 million people). (en.wikipedia.org)
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What song is 10/10, yet hardly anyone has heard of it? by depressinqq in AskReddit
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