Don_Dickle

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TIL Myanmar over took Afghanistan in opium product in 2023 (www.france24.com)
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TIL Columbus never set foot in North America; he only explored the Caribbean and parts of Central and South America. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that in Japan, they have a thing called "nagashi somen", which are restaurants with flowing troughs of water where noodles slide down and you have to catch them (tokyocheapo.com)
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TIL that Salvador Dali's famous painting "The Persistence of Memory" was only about the size of a sheet of office paper. (www.moma.org)
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TIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL There is a subgenre of porn called Zombie Porn. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL at the Battle of Peleliu in the Pacific during WW2, of the 8 men awarded the Medal of Honor, 6 of them were for throwing themselves atop grenades to save nearby comrades (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that despite homosexual activity being punishable by death in the country, Iran allows gender reassignment surgery, and performs more of them than any country except Thailand. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmission (www.motortrend.com)
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TIL that those oxygen masks that come down inside airplanes are connected to individual “chemical oxygen generators” rather than a supply of oxygen gas (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Mark Twain outlived his wife and all but one of his four children (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL a species of monkey known as the Lesula was discovered in 2007 (though already known by locals). It has a brilliantly blue bottom. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

can i get an internet hug now? lol

TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You may not know this and thats ok but do you know how much they will pay a nurse to help people out in Cuba? As a traveling nurse am generally interested.

TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for the link very unexpected. ....no sarcasm...really do appreciate it wish you could link it in a post for everyone to read.

TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Thanks for the link never knew that.....and will say that is kind of fucked up..

TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Thank you for the link I have just been going random on wiki but this seems alot better.

TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Ok that was awesome just subscribed ....no sarcasm.

TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Not calling you a liar or anything but can you source that? I love to go down rabbit holes and I think it would be an interesting read. Thank you in advance if you respond.

TIL that Mexico sent nearly 200 members of the military on a 20-day mission to support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you know the drinking age in Louisana was 18 until Katrina hit? Then Bush and the government at large told them if you want assassitance raise you drinking age to 21.

TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I am a wiki-phile.

TIL a British short film about the dangers of paedophiles was presented by Rolf Harris who was later charged as a paedophile in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

maybe he got all his meaness out by being a marine.

TIL that the Pantheon (a former Roman temple, the name translates to "all gods" in ancient Greek), has actually been a Catholic church since 609 AD. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

HOLY SHIT I have been there and as a student of history I literally shed some tears at its beauty but was kind of also pissed because you could just look outside and see traffic and everything modern. To me it is the closest I will ever get to Rome. But even if I went I would probably be labeled a fanatic or mentally messed up for crying at the beauty of it or be arrested for feeling the architecture . Knowing the history and all the tales and everything would just be to overwhelming. Why I would love to visit I think it would probably be a huge let down for me because I built it up so much in my head. And call me crazy but if a god does exist I would say going would be the closest to get to god. And yes I am not counting churches.

TIL about the "Dilberito," a vegetarian wrap concocted by Dilbert creator Scott Adams to tie into his comic strip. The product was a colossal failure, in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

no heard about it yesterday but haven't checked it out yet.

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