Today I Learned...
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Caporegiem wrote: »
Have you seen the effects of drugs on spiders?
I am not going to watch that.0 -
Caporegiem wrote: »
Have you seen the effects of drugs on spiders?
I am not going to watch that.
You must0 -
caco_ethes wrote: »Caporegiem wrote: »
Have you seen the effects of drugs on spiders?
I am not going to watch that.
You must
I can't even.0 -
caco_ethes wrote: »Caporegiem wrote: »
Have you seen the effects of drugs on spiders?
I am not going to watch that.
You must
I can't even.
YOU WILL REGRET THIS0 -
caco_ethes wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »Caporegiem wrote: »
Have you seen the effects of drugs on spiders?
I am not going to watch that.
You must
I can't even.
YOU WILL REGRET THIS
I CAN'T EVEN!0 -
caco_ethes wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »Caporegiem wrote: »
Have you seen the effects of drugs on spiders?
I am not going to watch that.
You must
I can't even.
YOU WILL REGRET THIS
I CAN'T EVEN!
Oh yeah. You only odd1 -
caco_ethes wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »caco_ethes wrote: »Caporegiem wrote: »
Have you seen the effects of drugs on spiders?
I am not going to watch that.
You must
I can't even.
YOU WILL REGRET THIS
I CAN'T EVEN!
Oh yeah. You only odd
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Kobe Bryant won an Oscar. Thanks @cee1341
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That Brent Spiner played Bob Wheeler on Night Court before playing Data on TNG0
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TIL geckos do not have eyelids. They clean their eyeballs by quickly licking them.1
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TIL that Tom Cruise's career saved Ray-Bans from extinction. Business was tanking in the 70s, so Ray-Ban signed a product placement deal for 60 films. Risky Business, Top Gun, and Rain Man all had Cruise wearing Wayfarers and Aviators, and sales went through the roof.2
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TIL Ulysses S. Grant was broke and dying of throat cancer, when Mark Twain offered an unheard of 75% of royalties to his widow for him to write his memoirs. Julia Grant received $450,000 dollars from royalties.1
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Moon_Stone wrote: »TIL that Ambergris aka “Whale Vomit” used to be highly valued by perfumers as a fixative that allowed the scent to last longer in perfumes, but it has been replaced by a synthetic fixative called ambroxan. Also, it stinks really bad and is waxy to touch. It is only produced by sperm whales and is primarily found in the Atlantic Ocean. If you find a chunk on the beach, it has a fairly high monetary value.
Did you know there is a Bob's Burger episode about that?0 -
Moon_Stone wrote: »TIL that Ambergris aka “Whale Vomit” used to be highly valued by perfumers as a fixative that allowed the scent to last longer in perfumes, but it has been replaced by a synthetic fixative called ambroxan. Also, it stinks really bad and is waxy to touch. It is only produced by sperm whales and is primarily found in the Atlantic Ocean. If you find a chunk on the beach, it has a fairly high monetary value.
Did you know there is a Bob's Burger episode about that?
I learned everything I know about Ambergris from that episode.1 -
TIL A man who survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge but broke his back on impact was saved from drowning by a sea lion who kept him afloat until rescuers could reach him.5
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There are natural painkillers in your saliva, which is why you put your finger in your mouth when it gets a cut.2 -
mustacheU2Lift wrote: »There are natural painkillers in your saliva, which is why you put your finger in your mouth when it gets a cut.
That's not why I do it. Blood tastes good.3 -
mustacheU2Lift wrote: »There are natural painkillers in your saliva, which is why you put your finger in your mouth when it gets a cut.
That's not why I do it. Blood tastes good.
I have other reasons too.
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TIL that roughly 30 years ago, NBA Legend Spencer Haywood chose $100,000 upfront over a 10% stake in Nike. Had he accepted the original offer, his holdings in Nike would be worth a whopping $8.62 billion.3
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TIL about the Less Mentioned Hero of the Thai Cave Rescue. Surapin Chaichomphu is from Thai Water Well Association. Volunteer and personally spend around $6,000 USD to bring equipments to dig wells and divert water out of the cave so the rescue team could bring out the Soccer team out safely.
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TIL what it’s like to have “cankles” in one leg...I’m not a fan.1
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TIL about the Less Mentioned Hero of the Thai Cave Rescue. Surapin Chaichomphu is from Thai Water Well Association. Volunteer and personally spend around $6,000 USD to bring equipments to dig wells and divert water out of the cave so the rescue team could bring out the Soccer team out safely.
Pretty cool that they've already made a statue of him from mud.3 -
TIL that after Kanye's interruption of Taylor Swifts acceptance speech, Comedy Central played a South Park episode mocking Kanye's ego, four times in a row, back to back.1
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Annalee82_ wrote: »That apparently this is possible.
And that if someone says never to google something, I will.
Truth. It happened to me. And set me up for a lifetime of dental problems.0 -
SpartanRunner1978 wrote: »TIL what it’s like to have “cankles” in one leg...I’m not a fan.
You are NOT pregnant Spartan! Geez!
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TIL that Mexico's Great Pyramid of Cholula is the largest monument ever constructed on earth, having nearly twice the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza. A pre-classical masterpiece, it was found to be part of a vast complex of interwoven rooms and temples. Excavations are ongoing.0
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TIL that during filming of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder liked to keep the kids on their toes. None of the kids had seen the chocolate room prior to filming the scene or his rant in the famous boat scene. Most looks of shock were genuine and they thought Gene had lost it.0
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