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Today, you will learn there's a subreddit called "Today I Learned" (TIL).

Even if you already know about this online community from my earlier articles (herehere, and here), I think you're gonna enjoy this one!

TIL is a place with a simple premise: everyone shares interesting facts they discover on the Internet. And sure, it's no Britannica, but the most important rule on the subreddit is that the facts must be legit and the online community has 26.1 million members self-governing its content, so you know what you're reading is true.

Plus, they usually attach corresponding photos to make the content more vivid and easier to digest as well. Here are some of the posts that recently went viral on the subreddit. Enjoy!

#1

30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL the chemical reaction in glow sticks was discovered by Dr. Edwin Chandross in 1962, but he had no idea the "chemiluminescent" objects were popular at music shows until a Vice interview in 2013. "Is that so?" he said. "Maybe my granddaughter will think I'm cool now."

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LazyPanda
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sad that he's not getting paid! Clearly if he isn't aware, the checks aren't reaching him. As for the granddaughter, sounds like a cheeky joke to me

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Max
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think he's cool.

Joshua Seaman
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would be cool to send him videos of people having fun with glow sticks, so he can see the joy he's brought to people.

Iva Kazalova
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine if he could only even begin to fathom the amount of joy he’s given to millions of people around the world over the years, pay checks aside

Anagram margana
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I suspect he knew very well how popular they were.

Zophra
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is...enlightening! :)

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    #2

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL after a chance encounter, Charles-Michel de l'Épée was taught to sign by the deaf. Believing the deaf should be able to receive the sacraments, he founded a school in 1760 to teach sign language. His public advocacy enabled deaf people to legally defend themselves in court for the first time

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    Kari Panda
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Note though that l'Épée’s sign language system wasn’t popular among his students and they didn‘t use it much out of school. (Reason being that is was very cumbersome, requiring up to five signs for a single word.)

    Monday
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So a good idea but poor execution?

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    Blue of the yams
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like a haunted baby, but what he did is such as phenomenal thing. We need more hearing folks sticking up and defending the rights of deaf individuals.

    ! ?
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, good for him! I'm learning ASL and I really enjoy it. It's easier than I thought it would be

    YoyoSthlm
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe stupid question but: Couldn't they be taught to write?

    Fluffy Griffin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's harder for people who have never had hearing to spell words: it's all memorization (not being able to hear the differences in sound each letter makes). Also, in the 1700s very few people could write OR read.

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    #3

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL a 2018 study by Yale psychologists found introverts who are prone to melancholy seem to be more astute at understanding how people behave in groups than their sociable peers. Introverts are more prone to assessing truths about humans’ “social nature” without formal training or tools

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    hyperunknown
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm developing a new fragrance for introverts. I'm going to call it leave me the fuh cologne!

    Rei
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let me assess with my non-formal introvert training that you must be an extrovert. 😁

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    Jo Choto
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s because we like to people-watch.

    qwerty
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And eavesdrop. People watching and eavesdropping are some of my favorite activities.

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    Markus Holstein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd say it's the other way around: People who are better at assessing how groups of people behave are more likely to aviod them

    Leigh C.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because we've spent more time observing and listening.

    BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually really interesting and it made me realize that I do in fact do that.

    Pepper Pots
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    me too i figured this but my low self esteem wouldnt allow me to acknowledge

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    Demongrrrrl
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty good at this. Unfortunately, no one listens to me when I give suggestions or predictions.

    Vicky Zar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, because they are more empathic. You don't need a study to know that

    Cheri Aline Sydney
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of the responses here don't demonstrate much empathy...

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    Nadine
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe because introverts shut up and listen and extroverts are busy talking?

    Ivy la Sangrienta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's me. An introvert with melancholy. Once my kids flies the next I'm planning on going full hermit.

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    #4

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that the jumping spider, Nefertiti, was launched to the ISS to observe if it could catch prey in microgravity. It succeeded in catching prey by learning to walk slowly, rather than leaping, as this species usually does. It survived reentry and readjusted to full gravity before its natural death

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    Jo Choto
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh.. let’s admit they took it to space because it was so flipping cute.

    Ashlee King
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm so glad I'm not alone in thinking these little guys are freaking UH-dorable!!

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    Joanna Werman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Admit it, you found a spider on board and wanted to find a way to charge the government for it

    third molar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If its true then post the picture of its space suit

    sherrie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    jumping spiders are the labradoodles of the arachnids

    Rei
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine it breaking out on the ISS... 😶

    Zophra
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the spider's name!

    Grumble O'Pug
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let’s face m, that spider has had a more adventurous life than most of us. Sigh. Godspeed

    glowworm2
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm happy that unlike some stories of animals being launched into space, Nefertiti survived the mission. Jumping spiders generally live 1 year, she lived for 10 months, which is pretty close to her full lifespan.

    Cheri Aline Sydney
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... Doesn't seem fair... Nefertiti adds to what humans know... Humans reduce her lifespan by 16.66%..... bummer....

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    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Tag brothers are a group of 10 men who had been playing the game of tag since 1990, chasing each other around the country, traveling by plane, car etc. As of 2018, the game is still ongoing

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    I' Gomez & Morticia's kid
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tag movie Is based on em, starting Jeremy renier

    SykesDaMan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't know it was based on a real story! :)

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    Josh Wray
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know the guy in the red hat, Patrick. To be clear, they only play one month of each year, in February.

    Marlowe Fitzpatrik
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean they don't do this as a full-time-job? whodathought 😉

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    Phil Vaive
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the guy in the blue shirt at the front with his hand on the other guy's shoulder is tagging him!

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    Pepper Pots
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched the movie, it was funny

    Tom Hardeveld
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and as can be seen on the photo, the guy in blue shirt was "it" but now the guy in the black shirt is "it"

    Yort
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the dadliest-looking group of men I’ve ever seen, even the priest!

    TheAnimalLady
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For a Decade...My granddaughters and I have been playing a game of "Tag" using the phrase 🎼🎶"Boots and Pants &👢👢&👖👖"🎵🎶 from a "Worst Commercial Ever" contest. In person, on the phone, texts, letters & cards. They're now teenagers, I hope they'll keep playing with me🤞😻🙏

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    #6

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL A director made a ten hour movie that's just about paint on a wall drying, lasting for ten hours and seven minutes. The film was created by Charlie Lyne in order to troll the British Board of Film Classification (B.B.F.C.) who were forced to sit through the whole thing

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    Donkey boi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The wall was nominated for 'Best SUPPORTING actor'. It's was a solid performance!

    Miriam L
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was protesting the cost of the censorship board, which made it harder for smaller films to be released to the public. No BBFC rating, no release, and I don't remember the details of the fees but apparently they made getting a movie out into the world prohibitively expensive for indi filmmakers. The BBFC had to watch every single minute of the film to give it the rating, which was roughly equivalent to the G-PG-M-R content ratings in North America, so... 10 hours of paint drying to try and make a point

    third molar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the they broke it down into parts and released it as Twilight series.

    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But Disney sued them for plagiarism since they used this format for all their series.

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    Tom Hardeveld
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "... How will they get out of this predicament? Watch the conclusion in part 2: Wall-dry, the sequel. coming to theatres next summer"

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it available on youtube? I might have to watch it when I'm on one of my more boring meetings. :D

    Donkey boi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpk4q_Zo2ws

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    Anna Chase
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Takes “Id rather watch paint dry” to a whole new level.

    glowworm2
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This movie was probably more interesting than some actual movies to say the least.

    Random Person
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzRGwrGjNGc The link to the trailer.

    Don't Look
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. Heard about this a few years ago.

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    #7

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL of eagle hunters in Mongolia. Known as the Burkitshi, this nomadic tribe hunts with eagles (only female eagles as they are larger and believed to be fiercer). While eagles can live for decades, theirs are captured at the age of four and released after 10 years to live out their life in the wild.

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    Call Me Mars
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Dubai/Qatar, it is the same thing but with vultures. I have been on planes with people who have vultures on their arms. The birds are very well behaved.

    Begone Fool
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems all "indigenous" people have the respect for the rights of other beings that the so-called 'civilized' lack.

    Ozacoter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not necessarily. Humans have been horrible to animals since forever.

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    Liz the Wanderer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mongolians had the sense to know that locking all the birds in cages was bad for the birds.

    Mazer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a movie called The Eagle Huntress which is an exceptional film

    Ola Pe
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can the eagles adapt to living free after 10 years of captivity? It sounds doubious

    KittyMommy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes they can. They don't domesticate easily. And they are literally used to hunt. Their predatory instincts stay the same

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    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that Charles D. B. King holds the record for the most fraudulent election in history. In 1927 he was elected President of Liberia with 234,000 votes in a country that only had 15,000 registered voters at the time

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    rspanther
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope Rudy doesn't hear about this.

    Begone Fool
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. The record for the most fraudulent election goes to someone who was so good at dishonesty that he never got caught.

    Watching
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too bad Trump was too incompetent to even cheat properly. He coulda been a contender.

    Klas Klättermus
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    4 years ago

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    He probably did cheat properly, but Biden cheated better!

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    Richard Henderson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If only he wasn’t black trump would adopt him as his mentor immediately.

    Cheri Aline Sydney
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    4 years ago

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    You're full of crap, Richard... Plenty of ethnic people support Trump.... At least Trump didn't get people who counted on him killed... Nor abandon them!!!

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    Mike Ieva
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Mexico that's perfectly normal for us... Maybe they just liked him so much that they voted several times for him...

    PixxelDust
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shh, don't give Trump any ideas!

    Cheri Aline Sydney
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    4 years ago

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    The cheaters and liars have been shown to be the Democrats... With all of their made up scenarios about Trump....

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    Max
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, if you're gonna commit electoral fraud, go big or go home.

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    #9

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL the big orange fuel tank attached to the space shuttles was originally white, but they stopped painting it to save 600lbs

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    Robert T
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is. The paint on race cars is thinner than those produced for the consumer market.

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    Guðrún Sveinsdóttir
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn! I was hoping for a one way ticket for Trump. Oh well 😒

    Cheri Aline Sydney
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    4 years ago

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    Gudrun, I'd vote for you to take that seat!

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    Tim Douglass
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why they stopped painting airplanes in WWII. Less weight meant better performance. Of course the cost savings and faster production didn't hurt either.

    Madzdad the bard
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the same reason American Airlines planes are not painted except for the livery stripes and logo

    Peter Buckley
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's painted yellow, they could chosse any colourFFS...

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    #10

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL about the 71 teenage students, who were stationed to protect a South Korean HQ, despite having no experience in war or even firing a gun. The SK army didn’t think the NK army would attack that HQ, but they did. Those students, still in their school uniforms, held back the NK army for 11 hours

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    Beast
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh god, good on them tho even if that that is horrific

    Splash Bach
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The film about this - '71 into the fire' is epic

    Noel Benavente
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you, i was about to ask in which year this took place. It was in August, 1950.

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    Begone Fool
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh. Modern humans really suck.

    María Hermida
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have been practising since prehistoric times. You know, practice makes perfect.

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    Vicky Zar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Were any on them killed? Please say no

    Otter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did the North Koreans leave after 11 hours... or win? They can't leave the story there!

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    Sidra Badar
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what British amd American did in World wars, how is it any different?

    SAN4ES
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    при чем тут Нагорный Карабах к Корейскому полуострову ??

    Christoph
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do we even DO this s**t? WAR is STUPID!

    Fritz Baumeister
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    3 years ago

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    Communists are seldom satisfied with just ruining their own countries. They somehow feel compelled to do it to their neighbors too.

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    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL I learned the first American soldier to land on the beach durning the invasion of Normandy was shot twice and not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old

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    Serial pacifist
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hal Baumgarten tops them all. Saving himself from drowning, he was one of the only two men from his Company B who survived the landing after others who didn’t drown were mowed down by German machineguns. When general Bradley saw the carnage, he ordered that no more troops land on that part of Omaha beach. So, Baumgarten was left on his own. Breaking his way through, he was wounded two times on June 6. First, an 88-millimeter shell went in front of him. It blew off his left cheek and made a hole in the roof of his mouth, teeth and gum laying on his tongue. He continued fighting, getting wounded once more on June 6. The next day, a mortar shell gave him three more head wounds, his helmet saving him from death. After they broke through German lines at the beach, his unit walked straight into another German ambush. He was shot in the face by an MG-42...

    Serial pacifist
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...He lied in the ditch along with 6 other killed GIs until early morning the next day, before he was found and rescued by other American troops. However, his ordeal wasn't over. After being rescued, he was shot once more in the right knee by a German sniper, while on stretchers. Just as the German sniper was to take Baumgarten out for good, USS McCook, came off shore “scraping the bottom”, wiping out the snipers with 5-inch guns at the last moment. He lived to be 91.

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    Anagram margana
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one of, if not the most important TIL here.

    Mazer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some gave all, all gave some.

    Robin Roper
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father-in-law, as part of the 29th Division, 116, G Company landed on Omaha Beach in the first wave of men. He fought until the end of the war, earning several metals including a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He later, participating in the Incheon Invasion and fought through the end of the "conflict," earning several Bronze Stars and a second Purple Heart. Still later, he served in Vietnam as a sniper "before we were there." No metals because this was before the US was involved so there is no record he was there; his service records show he was in Germany. However, he has photos at several easily recognized Vietnamese land marks.

    lara
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    This can not possibly be true, because I learned RIGHT HERE ON BORED PANDA that American troops were in the war ONLY for photo ops and that they were all thieves and cowards.

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    #12

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL after an earthquake shattered the Colossi of Memnon in Egypt, the damaged statue began to "sing" during sunrise which modern scientists attribute to early morning heat causing dew trapped within the statue’s crack to evaporate creating vibrations that echoed through the desert air.

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    SealOfDisapproval
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's some noise in the mornings from dew trapped in my crack too.

    Donkey boi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We did a 'sunrise hot air balloon ride, over the river Nile'. We kept gaining and loosing altitude so quickly I was beginning to wonder if it was the pilots first time. My wife was petrified the whole time. Our basket of death landed hard, in the middle of a road, no more that 20 metres from the one on the left. The police (who were following our rapid descent) tore the pilot a new one for breaking altitude rules and arrested him. We sat under these statue for 2 hours while waiting for the balloon company to find us, giving my wife plenty of time to consider the afterlife we almost found ourselves in. Good job I had my Anubis amulet with me!

    Gerard Neaux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahahahaha basket of death! I'm glad you made it, thank you for the great story. This is novel material.

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    Marina Bailey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't be fooled. It's the Goa'uld!

    Kona Pake
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe it’s there Singing towers of Darillium.

    Pamela
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There needs to be a Nancy Drew book for this. THE SINGING STATUE MYSTERY 🤔

    elia 84631
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of that spongebob episode

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    #13

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL research found that 94% of British people said they had conversed about the weather in the past six hours, and 38% said they had in the past 60 minutes. This means at any moment in the UK, a third of the population is either talking about the weather, has already done so or are about to do so

    JMASTERS_01 , Alvin Leopold Report

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The weather still governs so much of what we do. We want to know if we go out now, whether we need suncream or an umbrella. It changes from hour to hour. If we had wall to wall sunshine, we'd probably talk about it less. It's currently overcast but brightening BTW. :D

    Kharyss
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unexpectedly warm though for the time of year. Everyone will have trouble sleeping tonight.

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    Daria B
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought humans in general speak a lot about the weather, one way or another.... no?

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only 94%? On such a hot day here in the UK, I find that hard to believe. 😉

    Grumble O'Pug
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can testify m that in 5 years if living there, weather was a main feature if conversation. Since it rained with so much frequency, it was a bit surprising

    Hannah Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s a good neutral topic for polite chit chat as it is something anyone can comment on without causing offence and everyone experiences it so no one is left out of the conversation.

    Evil Little Thing
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The lab I work in is basically a cave, but I live in a subtropical environment, so it's common for us to ask each other if it's raining or not.

    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess these numbers are similar for the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.

    Legen ( wait for it ) dary
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Germany most commonly small talk is about the weather. I never had nobody asking me how much population or how big my country have /is as in Germany.

    Batwench
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are known for it.

    Orion C.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Hello, fancy nice weather" said half the UK

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    #14

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL astronauts need to sleep near air vents or risk carbon dioxide from their own lungs forming a bubble around their head due to weightlessness

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    N G
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ..and the aliens always attack by crawling along the air vents. So, I ain't sleeping on no space ship.

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm surprised at this, as in a room with ventilation, our own CO2 does not form a lake at ground level (CO2 being heavier than air), so I imagined that CO2 would natually be circulated round the ISS as the air is constantly being cleaned of CO2. Does this mean it has a tendancy to form clumps, like water?

    Shine Caramia
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The key is that you're talking about rooms with ventilation. And yes, CO2 clumps.

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    Jo Choto
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The things I never even thought of.

    Bexxxxx
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The same thing happens when astronauts fart btw 😉

    Hannah Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nooo! This makes space travel seem a lot less glamorous.

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    Pamela
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder what astronauts miss about gravity, like curling up to sleep or a good shower.

    Asi Bassey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does he have 3 watches on?

    third molar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Space not good if u toss around a lot in sleep

    DM
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would assume sleeping like that takes some getting used to and I pray they turn the lights off and this photo is just for show.

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    #15

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Los Angeles is the first major city in the world to synchronize all its traffic lights. Nearly 4,400 lights across 469 miles receive real-time updates about traffic flow to make second-by-second adjustments. The system limits congestion by up to 16% while also dramatically reducing idling time

    WhileFalseRepeat Report

    Charlotte Ayers
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having driven extensively in LA the last several years, it would be nice if this were actually true. The rush hour traffic through west LA is one big parking lot.

    Devil's Advocate
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't mean they're not trying, or that they're not making it better most the time. Imagine it being like that ALL the time! Simple fix would be public transport or car sharing rather than thousands and thousands of single-occupancy vehicles

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    Kona Pake
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Arizona has recently found a way to delay traffic even further by staggering green lights at an intersection.

    Kona Pake
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It saves drivers from collision in intersections, but when delays are too long they just P us off.

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    third molar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So they are creating these traffic jams deliberately ??

    SAN4ES
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    польза от высоких технологий

    Zadie the Swiftie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wait really i've lived in la for fourteen years and the traffic is still shitty as f**k

    Terilee Bruyere
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The nearest 'big town' (by big I mean 12K plus people) installed a new light recently. It gives a green arrow even if there are no cars in the turning lane.

    Richard Henderson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not allowing their public transport system to be destroyed in the middle (early?) part of last century would have done far more to alleviate congestion and idling.

    Mazer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only time I will drive in LA is after midnight

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    #16

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Kodak uncovered the first atomic bomb test when customers began complaining about black spots on their photos

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    Gabby M
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will never, ever understand the justifications for the U.S. using two atomic bombs on Japan. Never.

    Niall Mac Iomera
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why? It's not hard to understand. Agree with, sure. I can't agree with it. But I can in understand it.

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    Jill
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember hearing about this on a podcast. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a21382/how-kodak-accidentally-discovered-radioactive-fallout/

    Juririn
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Japanese fishermen poisoned and sickened by radiation fallout in 1954 uncovered the secret H bomb test conducted in the Bikini Atoll by the US..

    Peter Hughes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More lives were lost in taking ONE Japanese island, Okinawa than in BOTH nuclear attacks. (310,00 against 110,000). How many more deaths would you like to have seen with a conventional war to take the other 7,000 islands?

    Ray Heap
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kodak also had their very own pet nuclear reactor.

    Juririn
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For research, not for making bombs. Also, radioactive materials are ubiquitous, think only about the X ray machines used in medical clinics/hospitals and the food industry and airports; they are produced in "pet" reactors.

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    SAN4ES
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    в кодак применяли коммерческий ядерный реактор, о нем никто не знал

    SAN4ES
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    сша так и не извинились перед японией за атомную бомбардировку

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    #17

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Lisa Leslie as a high school basketball player scored 101 points in 16 minutes of play. She shot 37 of 56 from the floor and 27 of 35 from the line. However, she did not break the record for women's points in a high school game because the other team's coach refused to play the second half

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    I don't like my name
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The other teams coach wasn't much of a coach... he should have kept going and showed his players what dignity and fairness looks like! Sucks Lisa Leslie got robbed of a chance to break a record but couldn't based on a man's "embarrassment"?!? There's always a loser I guess...

    Troux
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about we not jump to conclusions... Facts are better. "Two members of the visiting South Torrance team had already fouled out, and another was injured, leaving only four healthy players to contend with Lisa and her teammates. So, after taking a vote among the wounded during intermission, South Torrance coach Gilbert Ramirez decided to forfeit the game. Upon hearing the news, Lisa asked Ramirez if his team would let her score three more baskets to surpass the record. The South Torrance players said no." For any unaware, a basketball team has five players on the court at all times. With only four available, it's no wonder the players felt hopeless. https://vault.si.com/vault/1990/02/19/she-was-truckin-schoolgirl-lisa-leslie-scored-101-points-in-the-first-half-and-then-the-opposition-went-home *ALSO* it's important to know that this was set up to be a blowout, by putting their star against a low-ranked team. Is it worth rooting for Leslie at the cost of several other young girls?: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-26-sp-nucrowe26-story.html

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    Αλέξανδρος Σ.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scoring 101 points in 16 minutes means that there was a huge difference of skill between the teams. I think it is unsportsmanlike to try to humilitate the other team in order to have a record.

    Cheri Aline Sydney
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, right, better to just claim injuries... that's not sportsmanship, that's cowardice!

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    DanieLegz
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should still count. Isn't like she was going to lose any of her points

    Klas Klättermus
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, but she never did beat the record even though she would have if the game went on since she was only 3 baskets away from what I read in a previous comment

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    Peter Buckley
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds like a forfiet and is classified as a completed game. Sound like some other shennigans was the reason for not accepting the record.

    Mazer
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    4 years ago

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    The fragile ego

    Joshua Seaman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of the players? See context in the comment above - it was the players who voted to not keep playing.

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    Begone Fool
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    4 years ago

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    Bet the other team's coach was a white supremacist.

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    #18

    TIL about fossil words, words that have largely fallen out of common use but still survive in idioms. Examples include "fro" (as in to and fro) and "lo" as in (lo and behold)

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    Anagram margana
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish we used the word ‘frightfully’ … as in “Oh, I’m frightfully sorry you were caught in that downpour!” And then Miss Marple shows up.

    Pat Head
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't usually hear the word "tribulations" without "trials and..." in front of it.

    Ozacoter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That word always makes me think about the Verne novel "Tribulations of a chinaman in china". I dont even remember the plot but I guess that its the first time I read that word.

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    Lauren Caswell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Zounds, what a plum tidbit! Wire this news to Bombay and send a letter to Southern Rhodesia post haste, take the buggy!

    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are also some words that still survive in idiots. ;-)

    LadyDelynn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love words! One of my favorite books is called, "The Disheveled Dictionary" by Karen Elizabeth Gordon.

    Hannah Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You only hear “Lo” in school nativities spoken by a robotic sounding five year old. “And lo in Bethlehem a child is born.”

    Devil's Advocate
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But...but...these are good words!! I make an effort to use words that aren't used as often, better than using some of the stupid modern excuses for "words" that seem to be become more frequent thanks to the international network for idiots

    Peter Trudell Jr
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's be fair, new words are just as good as old words. I used to be a "These new 'words' aren't words!" sort of fellow. Eventually, I realised that languages evolve. "Ginormous" is a word, much like "recalcitrant" and 'hoosegow".

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    Juan Alcorta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just love "lo and behold"...voi lá!

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    #19

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL The Lion King Game (SEGA/SNES) was made extremely difficult on purpose. Disney told the developers to make the game so difficult that people wouldn't be able to beat it during a rental period at Blockbuster. A few developers would later apologize to fans for how hard the game is

    bbcplanetgirth Report

    More Thinking Needed
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disney's "love" for kids is nothing compared to their "love" for the almighty dollar.

    jimmy pop
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that goes for every corporation. The bigger the company, the lower the morals.

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    Begone Fool
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disney is, as are all giant corporations, inherently evil because of its love of money.

    Nope
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *Angry 90's kid noises*

    Donkey boi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't find it that difficult. Aladdin was harder!

    Ozacoter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    S**t Aladdin was a nightmare. F*****g games without saving!

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    Vasana Phong
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s like all the scam games at the carnivals

    Megzymonsta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved the Lion King SNES game but doesn't surprise me that it was intentionally difficult. Played it on and off for over 20 years and never passed level 6

    Tiggy Darling
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The video game "Dennis the Menace" was deliberately made impossible so the developers didn't have to complete it.

    HighDesertArtist
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was an artist at Disney Interactive during the 90s when this game was developed. (I can still hear the music in my head now!) We were a pretty small team at the time, and a tight-knit group. I never heard of any such thing. If anything, we were simply trying to push the boundaries of artwork and gameplay within the technological limitations of the time. Still...I’m going to share this post with some old work friends and see what they say!

    Jessica Cifelli
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was still one of my favorite games to play on Sega Genesis though

    Randolph Croft
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people believe the 'Lion King' was pretty much lifted from an earlier film, 'Kimba'.

    Marlowe Fitzpatrik
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't say lifted. But there were striking similarities. Then again, I own a (old) book that is named "King Simba" (written somewhere in the 30s? by a Danish writer) and it's pretty much the story of "Lion King". I always figured that was the origin of it and have so far not heard any different.

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    #20

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that from 2003 to 2005, a 13-year-old girl wrote a 365k word Harry Potter fanfiction while in the hospital receiving cancer treatment. She passed away just six days after completing it, and her father used her notes to write the second book in the series

    SLJ7 Report

    Joanna Werman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where do we find these books?

    Kira Okah
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's still on fanfiction dot net, here - https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1167194/1/Anna-Grayson-and-The-Order-of-Merlin

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    Marlowe Fitzpatrik
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fanfiction can be an amazing creative outlet. Writing is fun (but hard work...) and if you ever wrote 50 000plus words of a truly amazing story and suddenly hit Writer's Block, you can't really be too mad at George RR Martin. Not too mad, as I said - still a little mad.

    JuJu
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Writer's block is the worst and comes out of nowhere. You have time, you have your peace, you have a fully loaded laptop and 6 WIPs and --- bäm---nothing. rhngh

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    Agnes Jekyll
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh so sad, but I'm glad her dad completed the second book, that she finished her own--that it gave her joy and relief and that she has left this for all fanfiction fans.

    DanieLegz
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has JK said anything on these?

    MiriPanda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why not? They talk about fanfiction, not the actual Harry Potter books.

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    #21

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Steve Harvey sent a television for Christmas every year to the Teacher Who Said He'd Never Be on Television

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    sofacushionfort
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I’d told him he’d never own a house and a car.

    Ray_gunn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ugh what a petty asshole. His ex-wife would more than agree.

    Monday
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny. If this had been a post about some random actor people would be applauding the pettiness, but since it's Steve Harvey and nobody likes Steve Harvey the pettiness is seen as a bad thing.

    Paul K. Johnson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What random actor can you name who has done something like this and is being celebrated for it?

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    Lauren Caswell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm here to discuss his moustache, because he does not like comments about it. His teacher could thank him every year with a card asking about his moustache health, donate the tv 🤷‍♀️ I mean ok I'd get doing it once, but every year? Nice moustache 😉

    Daria B
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice! New TV every year! Might as well sell the old ones each year. ♡

    Just JoLynn
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, keep the perfectly good older one and sell the new unopened ones until you're ready to upgrade. * Or donate them to families in need

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    Hawkeye
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hilarious IMHO

    Liz the Wanderer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This story seems to have many versions. I'm curious which one is true.

    Stephanie Hewitt
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely cannot stand this man. He is fake and arrogant. His schtick is not funny. He's got such asshole energy. His comments about atheism just highlight how narrow minded and simple he is.

    Kathleen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That seems a bit excessive. Maybe send a postcard instead.

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    #22

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that Christopher Lee sent Peter Jackson a photograph of him in a wizard's costume, wanting to play Gandalf, but Jackson decided he would be a perfect Saruman, instead.

    thisCantBeBad Report

    Mike Loux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Christopher Lee was such a badass. "Peter, have you ever heard someone being stabbed? I have, and it doesn't sound like that."

    Auntriarch
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved his autobiography. It's called "tall dark and gruesome"

    Otter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lee was a huge Tolkien fan, and considered it his duty to "represent the fandom on the set"! I love him! And he also admitted that although it'd always been his dream to play Gandalf, by the time the film was made he was too old for all the riding and swordfighting. And he was a better physical match for Saruman, was was described as being very tall, with a marvelous voice, having white hair and dark eyes, and a white beard with a few black hairs around the mouth... which also describes Christopher Lee.

    Laura Würker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he was the only one who met Tolkien personally.

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    Batwench
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also one heck of a rock guitarist and opera singer.

    Yort
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He’s also probably the only cast member who’s ever killed a man.

    Lara Verne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't imagine anyone else as Saruman.

    Jo Choto
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    4 years ago

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    I worked with Christopher Lee on a movie once. Disappointingly he was the most boring individual I ever encountered.

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    #23

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that Brisbane was originally founded as a penal colony for convicts who committed new offenses after they had arrived in Australia

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    Dillon Hughes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow another truth down voted! Yes Jo the entire country was a prison.

    Richard Henderson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not for the Aboriginals though. But it became hell after the white people started coming there.

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    Jo Choto
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    4 years ago

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    Not just Brisbane. It was the entirety of Australia

    Kat
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jo, they mean that convicts who were sent to Australia and committed new crimes when there, were punished again by being sent to Brisbane

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    SAN4ES
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    весь континент использовался с этой целью - ссылка заключённых

    Pheebs
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    4 years ago

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    America was also used as a criminal destination by England until the American Revolution. Australia was the location of choice after that. Interesting combination in American - religious groups who left England so they could practice what they wanted, and criminals forced here.

    Leodavinci
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where do people "learn" this revisionist nonsense? Some few people were sent here as punishment, but America was never fundamentally an English penal colony. North America was also being colonized by France, Spain, and the Dutch. England wouldn't have made American colonies penal colonies to compete with them.

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    Mazer
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    Proving once and for all sending people who commit crimes to a “island” never works

    Chris Her
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mazer, have you hear of the Soviet Cannibal Island? They sent people there for their crimes and they never truly made it out

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    #24

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL a California lawyer filed for a restraining order to stop his neighbor's kids from playing basketball claiming their game dropped the value of his house by $100k. He was ultimately denied with the court saying that reasonable people can expect "some inconveniences and annoyances" from neighbors

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    Kona Pake
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is there no law allowing us to sue @$$holes?

    Laura Williams
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because governments don't want to upset the asshòles too much. They can afford lawyers.

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Netherlands: We have valued your house at €450 000 for property tax. Also Netherlands: We just gave permission to a metal recycling company to build a plant right across the street.

    Troux
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a reality pretty much anywhere: what happens outside your property line is a complete lottery. The best defense is living in an established community/neighborhood, which usually comes with an HOA in the US. Even still, there can be something built nearby that will generate noises or smells which will carry.

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    Yort
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHERE were they playing basketball, and for how long? Like if they’re out there at 11 pm until 4 am playing right next to the house, I’d be pissed too.

    kjorn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    do you really expect morality from a lawyer?

    Sasha Kuleshov
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How a game drops the value of your house?

    Liz the Wanderer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like rich white asshole hates neighbors, tries to use his money to oppress them. Welcome to the land of the rich.

    Burs
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mmm I wonder why they need to be white. It is almost as if you judge and stereotype people based on their skin colour...

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    #25

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL the McDonald's corporation quietly phased out Ronald McDonald, the companies clown mascot, due to the 2016 clown scare video fad

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    J. F.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Didn't notice that to be honest

    Monday
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shows how little impact poor old Ronald had on the brand

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    Vasana Phong
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny thing is, during those commercials in the 80s, the other mascots were more entertaining, like the hamburgular

    Twodogsandapicnictable
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought they kicked him to the curb way longer ago than that. I ain't seen that ugly mug in decades.

    More Thinking Needed
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    RIP Willard Scott, the 1st Ronald McDonald and NBC Today Show weatherman.

    Mike Loux
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Five Nights at Ronald's". *screaming intensifies*

    bumble bee
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a few days ago, I read an article about what Grimace was suppose to be. Apparently, he is a taste bud. Go figure

    TheCatasaurusMeowMom
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly, Grimace creeped me the hell out as a kid in the 80's/90's!

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    Sam Chilton
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was due to the infamy of IT.

    Rae of sun
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still saw a Ronald advert the other day. Not completely phased out then I guess

    Randolph Croft
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all just people, now. Too many hidden problems with the costumes, I'd guess.

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    #26

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL the modern air conditioner was invented by Willis Carrier not to cool people, but to reduce damaging humidity in a print shop

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    Mazer
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t care why, I’m grateful no matter

    Sky Render
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a reason why the Dry setting is prominent on most AC units!

    clark fillmore
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he shifted the population of the world

    Hannah Edwards
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fabulous picture. Let’s all wear evening dresses and stand around the air conditioner.

    Begone Fool
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh. I had heard it was invented to keep people going to movie theaters in summer.

    Fritz Baumeister
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was one of its first big commercial uses. For my parents' generation, the movie theater was the first place they ever experienced AC.

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    #27

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that the town of Why, Arizona was originally known as just "Y" due to the Y-shaped intersection of two roads. It changed its name to "Why" due to an Arizona state law requiring town names to be at least 3 letters long

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    Robert T
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't leave it at that - are there others? Is there a Tea? What about Ecks?

    Fluffy Griffin
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a city in Michigan called Novi. It was the No. VI (sixth) stop on the trail from Detroit to Lansing.

    Cheri Aline Sydney
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great solution... . They could have used your innovative thinking.... ALL CAPS would have been most appropriate ~ YYY

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    HighDesertArtist
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stopped there once on the way to Organ Pipe Nat’l Monument. Cool little dusty town. The local bowling alley advertises free “Why-Fi.”

    Kona Pake
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you been to Nowhere in Arizona?

    Devil's Advocate
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is a fork in the road or a t junction really that rare in America that you can name a town after it and it make sense??

    Taylor Davis
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you're surrounded by many miles of trackless desert, a Y in the road is a prominent feature.

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    Rosesinmyhair
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a township in QLD Australia called 1770. The year it was discovered by Capt. Cook.

    Ophélie G
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We actually got a very small city named Y in France, in Somme to be more precise.

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    #28

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL Centuries after Alexander the great's death, his tomb was a tourist attraction. Many of the roman emperors who visited the tomb left with souvenirs, effectively looting the monument. According to one account, Augustus Caesar tried to touch the 300 year old mummy, accidentaly breaking its nose

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    Chich
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Who's got your nose!? Who's got your nose!?"

    Leigh C.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if people in ancient times had museums

    Lara Verne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tourist weren't any better than nowadays.

    Ersan Deneme
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alexander's tomb has not been discovered yet...

    Devil's Advocate
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was known originally, but then moved and lost.

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    #29

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL building codes in South Florida require exterior doors to swing outwards because it offers better protection against hurricanes. It was enacted after Hurricane Andrew

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    magnadar
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't normal? Because in any panic people push outwards and would block the door if it would get inwards. Safety rules in switzerland, though.

    Twodogsandapicnictable
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In public buildings, yeah. But private homes? What kinda parties are you hosting?

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    Splash Bach
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought most doors open inwards because if they open outwards & it snows then you're trapped inside

    Cactus McCoy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If enough snow blocks the door you can't get out anyway?

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    Jihana
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Austria all outer doors of public buildings must open outwards, after a theater burned down in 1881. 449 people died because they could not escape since the doors opened inwards, and the crowd trying to escape pushed against the doors, making it impossible to open them. Also safety curtains between the stage and the audience became mandatory.

    Josh Tall
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not true...at least not for residential buildings. My houses exterior doors both swing in

    Lily Mae Kitty
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ours open inward. All 3 doors. Our house was built in 1961 and they don't make you change it. Hurricanes aren't nearly as much of an issues people seem to think.

    Jo Choto
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also stops intruders pushing their way in.

    hobbitly
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its mush easier to close a door for intruders if you have to push, than if you have to step outside and pull the door close.

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    whateves
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then you get us dual door people, screen door opens out, and solid door opens in.

    Финикс Дэ Лионь
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Moved to soflo from AZ just 3 years ago... I deliver pizza and I've always wondered why that was!

    Guðrún Sveinsdóttir
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are required to have at least one outdoor to swing inwards because of heavy snow to be sure not to be stuck in our houses. Regards from Iceland 🇮🇸

    Linda Baumgartner
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in Florida and my door swings inward. If you have an outward swinging door and something blocks it you can’t get out.

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    #30

    30 ‘Today I Learned’ Facts That Show It’s Never Too Late To Learn (New Pics) TIL that the entry fee for Hammond's Jurassic Park (from the first movie) was supposed to be 550 $

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    third molar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still less expensive than disneyland pass!!

    Ozacoter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats really cheap seeing that normal zoos are about 20 or more euros. I mean its dinosaurs!

    Kyle D
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What was the price on "Coupon Day"?

    Yort
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean that’s pretty cheap for a park that’s full of scientific miracles.

    DanieLegz
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd pay that to see Dinosaurs tbh

    Linda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was 550 worth your life? ;)

    Seán Baron
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worth more than a lawyers life!

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    Randolph Croft
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That included some method of conveyance to the island, as there were no 'native settlements' there.

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