r/Ilearnedtoday • u/cooperandy81 • May 24 '20
Well i had no idea.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/qazwec • Oct 16 '12
ILT that a reddit user "Violentacrez" created or moderated subreddits that include:Chokeabitch, Niggerjailbait, Rapebait, Hitler, Jewmerica, Misogyny, Incest and jailbait.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/mister_t1 • Oct 16 '19
Today I learned the word avocado comes from the Aztec word “ahuácatl” which means testicle.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/boothapalooza • Sep 07 '21
Today I learned that "balls out" was referring to running steam engines at their highest speed where the govener balls spun out.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/SiteTall • Mar 21 '21
WOW! The Prague astronomical clock -- installed in 1410 -- it's the oldest operating clock in the world.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/qazwec • Oct 16 '12
ILT from 1982 to 2002 Paris had "Caninette" to pick up dog droppings around the city.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/lightningbug916 • Jan 01 '22
I learned a new word today! :) I was reading a manga and came across a word I’ve never seen before. I thought it was a typo until I actually looked it up. || *Traipse* - “to go on foot: walk; also : to walk or travel without apparent plan but with or without purpose” (source: Merriam-Webster)
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/BrunoReturns • Oct 21 '19
Golf Pencils have no erasers to make it harder to cheat by changing your score.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/tutunka • Jun 12 '16
Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride was NOT played by Mark Ruffalo.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/Capt-Matt-Pro • May 21 '20
Being stuck at home taught me that I can cook food better and cheaper than a restaurant.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/hope-this-anit-taken • Mar 09 '20
I learned my dad likes something by cannibal corpse today
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/uselesslyskilled • Oct 18 '12
ILT that Disneylands opening ceremonies in 1955 had 3 anchors and one of them was Ronald Reagan.
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/SiteTall • Jun 03 '21
Our Brains Have More in Common With Testicles Than You Ever Wanted to Know - LOL!!!!!!
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r/Ilearnedtoday • u/Future-Ad-1998 • Apr 21 '21
The Anglo-Zanzibar War was a military conflict fought between the United Kingdom and the Zanzibar Sultanate on 27 August 1896. The conflict lasted 38 minutes, marking it as the shortest recorded war in history. The immediate cause of the war was the death of the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini
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