Did you have any idea that Ernest Hemingway used to shoot sharks with a tommy gun while fishing for Florida marlins? Neither did I until I found @weird_hist, a Twitter account that drops random little-known historical tidbits and fascinating images from the past. Each one of @weird_hist’s tweets is a marvelous and surprising gateway to …
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25+ Obscure Facts & Snapshots From History
Did you know that Ernest Hemingway used to shoot sharks with a tommy gun while fishing for marlins? Neither did I until I found @weird_hist, a Twitter account that drops random little-known historical tidbits and fascinating images from the past. Each one of @weird_hist’s tweets is a gateway to a historical k-hole. First, you’ll naturally …
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20+ Fascinating Facts For Perpetual Knowledge Seekers
Everyday we’re bombarded with so much information, our poor brains our bound to get overwhelmed and only process the necessary data, so to speak. It’s a shame we can’t retain all the interesting stuff we discover throughout our lives, but thanks to the internet and subreddits like r/todayilearned, we can revisit fascinating facts and historical …
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20+ Funny & Dubious Things People Learned When They Were ‘Today Years Old’
I was today years old when I learned that broccoli is actually cauliflower that’s been dyed green. Okay, not true. But broccoli is totally man made. Look it up. Have you ever seen broccoli growing in the wild? You haven’t, because it was originally a natural cabbage plant that humans used to cultivate a more …
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Thread Thoroughly Outlines the Fascinating History of the Appalachian Mountains
Today I learned that the Appalachian Mountains are 480 million years old! That’s about 100 million years before animals walked on land, which explains why if you were to go digging around the Appalachian trail, you would only find the fossils of weird ancient ocean creatures, like trilobites. @AlexPetrovnia gave a thorough and fascinating history …
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20+ Fascinating Facts For Knowledge Seekers
Everyday we’re bombarded with so much information, our poor brains our bound to get overwhelmed and only process the necessary data, so to speak. It’s a shame we can’t retain all the interesting stuff we discover throughout our lives, but thanks to the internet and subreddits like r/todayilearned, we can revisit fascinating facts and historical …
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20+ Oddly Specific Ordinances and Little-Known Laws
Did you know that in Arizona it’s illegal for a donkey to sleep in your bathtub? And you better keep close tabs on your birds, because in California it’s illegal to whistle for your canary before 7 a.m. There are hundreds of peculiar laws and ordinances still in effect today even though some of them …
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23 Fascinating Facts You Might Not Have Known
Everyday we’re bombarded with so much information, our poor brains our bound to get overwhelmed and only process the necessary data, so to speak. It’s a shame we can’t retain all the interesting stuff we discover throughout our lives, but thanks to the internet and subreddits like r/todayilearned, we can revisit fascinating facts and historical …
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Informative Tumblr Thread Explains The BS Of Women’s Clothing Sizes
Practically any woman can relate to this scenario: you’re in a clothing store and you find a pair of jeans you like. Only thing is, when you try them on, they’re tight in one area and too loose in another. And when you find another size, the same thing happens. What gives? This fascinating Tumblr …
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Amusing Facts People Learned When They Were ‘Today Years Old’
We’ve all got moments where we learn something amazing or shocking for the first time. And full disclosure: not all of these «facts» are true, but we still found them amusing nonetheless, and we hope you will too.