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Helicopters are held together by only one nut, called the Jesus Nut.     (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by fritz_maurentod to TIL 1 week ago (+17/-1)
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TIL: South African "Taxi Wars" Have Been Ongoing Since the 1980s     (en.m.wikipedia.org)
submitted by SilentByAssociation to TIL 3 weeks ago (+1/-0)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_wars_in_South_Africa

"The taxi business accounts for nearly half of all assassinations" is something I never thought I would hear.

Say what you will, but I just learned this while watching a Nat Geo documentary. I've been keeping two things in mind: believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see, and the truth is stranger than fiction. And for this segment: niggers.

Dramatization aside, Africa appears to have corporate gang wars (or whatever a "taxi association" falls under). It's on jewtube if anyone wants the link. Segregation and removal when?
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Fun fact: the niggers have destroyed Haiti's nature so much that you can see the border to the Dominican Republic from space     (www.google.com)
submitted by fritz_maurentod to TIL 1 month ago (+16/-0)
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TIL about Nazi Germany's Marriage Loans     (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by Stonkmar to TIL 1 month ago (+1/-0)
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Ever been to the best beach in the world? Florida's Siesta Key, near Sarasota     (TIL)
submitted by Panic to TIL 2 months ago (+8/-1)
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The only beach in the world made of 99% quartz crystal sand. Nobody knows why quartz cryatal sand even exists at a beach where there is no native quartz to be found.

Very white sand that never gets hard and never gets hot to the touch in summer. Sandy beaches always get too hot in summer sun, but not this quartz crystal sand. And it squeeks when you walk on it.

Just found out that a dear friend lives there, so in the spring, I'm gonna visit this wonderful place. Oh, and here is the beach live cam. Be sure to watch the live cam again on Sunday evening and see the unique weekly gathering.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLhxcyzXQxM
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Amazon selling "foldable houses" for 19k     (twitter.com)
submitted by fritz_maurentod to TIL 2 months ago (+11/-0)
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TIL what "ear seeds" are.     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to TIL 3 months ago (+2/-2)
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TIL what a "vagina whisperer" is!     (www.theguardian.com)
submitted by paul_neri to TIL 3 months ago (+2/-1)
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/25/former-police-deputy-commissioner-paul-taylor-vagina-whisperer-comment-cairns-mayor-campaign

I know you are scratching your heads, or cradling your vaginas, asking yourself ” What the hell is a vagina whisperer?” Well, my friends, according to @TruthfulMommy a vagina whisperer is one who understands the vagina, soothes the vagina, makes the vagina happy and can whisper to a fetus to come towards the light.16 Oct 2011 [Library Service]
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Origin of scuba diving system. Not Jaques Cousteau     (www.asahi.com)
submitted by Panic to TIL 3 months ago (+6/-0)
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https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15089461

Guy tried doing this and that. Government stopped him, then finished him. Happens to many good people.
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TIL Jerry Springer was born in a tunnel in London      (www.dailymail.co.uk)
submitted by Smedleys_Butler to TIL 3 months ago (+12/-0)
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TIL what "tea bags" are in slang.     (TIL)
submitted by paul_neri to TIL 3 months ago (+5/-7)
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What is a tea bag English slang?
(transitive, vulgar, slang) To lower one's scrotum into the mouth of another person, or onto the face or head of another person.
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TIL the Satanic Temple has a shop      (thesatanictemple.com)
submitted by Sal_180 to TIL 4 months ago (+6/-0)
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TIL what Nomophobia is (don't pretend you knew!)     (www.abc.net.au)
submitted by paul_neri to TIL 4 months ago (+6/-0)
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TIL the Moon is moving away from Earth by 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) every year     (www.space.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 4 months ago (+8/-8)
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TIL In earliest depictions, Jesus was beardless, wearing Roman clothes     (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 4 months ago (+5/-6)
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TIL In 1958, female size 12 was 34 in bust and a 25in waist. In 2015, size 12 was 39 in bust and a 32 in waist     (www.goodhousekeeping.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 4 months ago (+8/-4)
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TIL People with B blood type are resistant to most Norovirus strains     (biology.indiana.edu)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 4 months ago (+3/-1)
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TIL In 2015, the US Department of Defense mailed live anthrax to several locations in different states. CDC did the same previously     (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 4 months ago (+11/-2)
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TIL The egg doesn’t break when you add pressure to both ends. The same thing happens when you're pressured by opposing false dichotomies     (stevespangler.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 4 months ago (+3/-8)
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TIL there are 57 universities in the world providing free education regardless of a student's country of origin     (www.globaladmissions.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 4 months ago (+3/-3)
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TIL Janet Jackson's song 'Rhythm Nation' can make laptops crash     (www.npr.org)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 4 months ago (+3/-7)
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TIL JFK didn’t invite Sammy Davis Jr. to his 1961 inauguration, as Sammy had married a White woman     (www.theknowledge.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 5 months ago (+3/-7)
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TIL In 19th Century America, free college was the norm across the entire United States     (www.peoplesworld.org)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 5 months ago (+6/-8)
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TIL 7 Up contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug, until 1948     (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 5 months ago (+2/-5)
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TIL In 1999, an abandoned supermarket caused horrifying residential biohazard     (lostmediawiki.com)
submitted by Conspirologist to TIL 5 months ago (+9/-6)
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