Today I Learned...
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TIL that a hot dog is a sandwich, according to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and California and NY state law: http://mentalfloss.com/article/501011/5-ways-define-sandwich-according-law2
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beagletracks wrote: »
Please explain!
How an Engineer Earned 1.25 Million Air Miles By Buying Pudding
https://gizmodo.com/how-an-engineer-earned-1-25-million-air-miles-by-buying-13396465461 -
beagletracks wrote: »TIL that a hot dog is a sandwich, according to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and California and NY state law: http://mentalfloss.com/article/501011/5-ways-define-sandwich-according-law
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That there's a mouse in the house that I'm housesitting!
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TIL that you can buy live ladybugs on Amazon. They really do have everything.2
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TIL that Fred Rogers, after filming a segment on David Letterman, stopped by Eddie Murphy's dressing room to give him his regards, and tell him how much he liked his portrayal (Mister Robinson's Neighborhood).
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RunHardBeStrong wrote: »TIL that you can buy live ladybugs on Amazon. They really do have everything.caco_ethes wrote: »
TIL that "Doing the Robot" will mean something else in 20 years, probably.
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TIL Virginia Woolf and Charlotte Bronte were among a bunch of other humorless jerks who didn't much care for Jane Austen and who didn't, apparently, understand her satire.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/32099/7-people-who-hated-pride-and-prejudice1 -
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
Yeah, I was gonna say...0 -
beagletracks wrote: »TIL Virginia Woolf and Charlotte Bronte were among a bunch of other humorless jerks who didn't much care for Jane Austen and who didn't, apparently, understand her satire.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/32099/7-people-who-hated-pride-and-prejudice
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TIL that Us Americans only account for about 4% of the world's population....0
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
I don't know about now but originally it was a recording of a lion
Shouldn't you be drawing?0 -
yes i should be...drawing0
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JustaJoe00 wrote: »yes i should be...drawing
Can you draw?0 -
only strait lines...well ok and arcs..0
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JustaJoe00 wrote: »only strait lines...well ok and arcs..
Dude i need a guy who draws arks3 -
JustaJoe00 wrote: »only strait lines...well ok and arcs..
Isn't everything a straight line or an arc? Can you draw dancing food?1 -
hmm good point...yes i guess everything is...dancing food would be interesting to draw. this is making me realize how much time i've spent drawing parts and pieces of buildings....0
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TIL Guinea worm disease, which infected millions just 30 years ago, has been all but eradicated in South Sudan, which once reported the most cases of the parasite.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/health/guinea-worm-south-sudan-carter/index.html0 -
TIL this phrase: Shy bairns get nowt0
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TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
I'm still unclear on its meaning
I am putting my trust in this: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shy_bairns_get_nowt0 -
TIL Hippos can sleep underwater using a reflex that allows them to bob up, take a breath, and sink back down without waking up.0
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »TIL a capitonym is a word whose meaning changes when it is capitalized. E.g.
march / March
polish / Polish
china / China
lent / Lent
mark / Mark
Unless you're texting and then I have no idea.
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MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »TIL a capitonym is a word whose meaning changes when it is capitalized. E.g.
march / March
polish / Polish
china / China
lent / Lent
mark / Mark
This is cool1 -
TIL there’s a type of honey called "mad honey," which causes hallucinations. Honey hunters in Nepal make dangerous vertical climbs to harvest it since it sells for $60-80 a pound.
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