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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL A team of economists at NYU found that getting off Facebook appears to improve people’s lives. Users who deactivated their accounts for a month seemed to enjoy themselves more as a result, showing decreases in depression and anxiety and improvements in happiness and life satisfaction.

    http://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/facebook.pdf
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that it took 87 years to build Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, from 1163-1250.
  • xGreatWhiteNorthx
    xGreatWhiteNorthx Posts: 335 Member
    Today I learned that I dislike plumbing and while I *can* do it, next time I might just hire out the work.
  • robbell678
    robbell678 Posts: 140 Member
    Unrequited love can be the worst place to be,....no,..is the worst. Hurts so much.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    robbell678 wrote: »
    Unrequited love can be the worst place to be,....no,..is the worst. Hurts so much.

    It sure does 😔
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that the Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man was created for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

    https://news.avclub.com/the-olympic-origins-of-those-wacky-waving-inflatable-ar-1798243184

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  • robbell678
    robbell678 Posts: 140 Member
    I think a girl I see a lot of likes me, how do I know? Super cautious but I’ve always looked toward her.☺️
  • ElC_76
    ElC_76 Posts: 3,054 Member
    It's time waisting sitting on hold to gov dept.
    I'm sure they've programmed the music on there to hypnotize ppl to forget what they've call for.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that a study co-authored by hundreds of physicists, "The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth," is only one sentence long: "So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth."

    https://improbable.com/airchives/classical/articles/peanut_butter_rotation.html
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that California produces 100% of the U.S almond supply and 80% of the global almond supply.
  • TheSaltedSeaCake
    TheSaltedSeaCake Posts: 56 Member
    Minecraft is senseless relaxation.
  • askeeney
    askeeney Posts: 448 Member
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    Take it as you will. It will be funnier than the true story.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    JustPassingTime wrote: »
    askeeney wrote: »
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    Take it as you will. It will be funnier than the true story.

    Thats funny coz i thought its a race and i always finish first 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    This does not surprise me 😜
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL As a child, Einstein's Uncle Jakob introduced him to algebra and called it "a merry science". He compared algebra to hunting a little animal. You didn't know the name of the animal, so you called it "x". When you finally caught the animal you gave it the correct name
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that pineapples were so rare a sight in the 1700's they were a symbol of wealth. The few that were cultivated in hothouses were worth about five thousand pounds ($8000) each. They weren't eaten, but were rented out by the aristocracy as a table centerpiece at dinner parties.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Einstein failing a math exam is a myth (already knew that part). However TIL Einstein failed the entrance exam to Zurich Polytechnic because he did poorly on botany, zoology and language sections.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL That Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges as a way to make money from people who weren't buying Elvis merchandise.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that a cafe in Japan is hiring paralyzed people to to control robot servers in order to still make an income.

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    https://nextshark.com/japan-cafe-paralyzed-robot-servers/
  • deadpheonixrising
    deadpheonixrising Posts: 43 Member
    That the eyeliner pencil I've been using is actually a lip pencil. Not earth shattering but...🤷‍♀️
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that pencils are yellow because in the 19th century, the best graphite came from China. Because yellow was a royal color in China, pencil companies began to color their pencils yellow to show both high quality and an association with China.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL all the numbers on the roulette wheel add up to 666.
  • Dakase83
    Dakase83 Posts: 2,524 Member
    TIL that even when that line is sharp and not blurry at all, people still cross it..
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL King Frederick II used reverse psychology on his peasants who refused to eat potatoes because they tasted horrible. To stop the food famine he sent his guards to guard fields of potatoes and the peasants started stealing them and growing their own.
  • jckgmz
    jckgmz Posts: 39 Member
    I learned that some of my past was a lie and no matter how much I miss it and want to hold on to good memories it doesn't make them real...
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date is the sacred fig tree "Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi", planted in 288 BC.

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  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
    I refuse to learn anything today
  • InspectorRed
    InspectorRed Posts: 757 Member
    Today I learned that the churches and community buildings in my area no longer loan out their folding chairs, and they won't rent them out either :s
  • NotSo_LittleRichard
    NotSo_LittleRichard Posts: 1,004 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date is the sacred fig tree "Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi", planted in 288 BC.

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    they had cameras in 288BC
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    NotSo_LittleRichard wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date is the sacred fig tree "Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi", planted in 288 BC.

    40724amkdhe4.jpg

    they had cameras in 288BC

    no
  • JetJaguar
    JetJaguar Posts: 801 Member
    TIL that the Pistons were the winner of both the lowest scoring (19-18 in 1950) and highest scoring (186-184 in 1983) games in NBA history (although they were located in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1950).

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