That I Didn't Know

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And the University of Oxford isn’t even the oldest. That distinction belongs to the University of Bologna. They win by a mere 8 years!

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The NHS in the UK has put together a helpful resource to help you manage your mental health (works from outside UK too). Answer five questions related to your mental health and it'll tailor resources to your needs. You can go to it by clicking the link underneath the picture or by clicking here.

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I have absolutely no idea when this would be useful or why this person needs to carry so many cactus’s but I love it anyway!

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I'd walk around looking for excuses to get my ass out too if it looked like that 🤣😂

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Over 200 decibels will kill you instantly. A grenade exploding next to your ear is around 190 decibels.

Sperm whales are around 230 decibels.

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This hill in New Zealand has the catchy name of Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. I kid you not.

Apparently it's often shortened to Taumata for brevity! 👌

Translated to english it means: The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one.

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Here's the Guinness link to the record.

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For thousands of years, even before writing, the story of the Green Man has been handed down from generation to generation. Across cultures and time he has always been there.

Find out why here.

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An enduring mystery that has never had a satisfactory explanation, even now 178 years later. What happened that snowy night in 1855?

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The mystery surrounding Hitler's teeth is fascinating but too long to relate here. You can read the whole story by clicking here.

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The Nimerigar (people eaters), a story of tiny cannibals with poisoned arrows. Passed down generation to generation by the Shoshone Tribe of Native American Indians, but like the discovery of Homo Floresiensis, is there more to it than just a story?

Find out here: https://thatididntknow.com/the-nimerigar-a-tiny-race-of-cannibals/

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Leaked photo allegedly showing the Chinese Spy Balloon before it was shot down. Picture is from a U2 spy plane flying at high altitude.

Funny how there's no pics from the other three...........

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Amazing picture taken of the spy balloon!!

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Don't F*ck with the Demon Core

It killed two scientists in two separate incidents, its twins killed over 200,000 people and it helped create the world of Spongebob Squarepants.

Read about it here: https://thatididntknow.com/dont-mess-demon-core/

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Want to see Cleopatra’s handwriting? - So Be It

In 33 BCE it was seen as tradition and a way to guard against fakes for the pharaoh to sign off on documents. This was done on papyrus and frequently the papyrus got reused such as in the binding of mummies. And one such binding led to the discovery of Cleopatra’s handwriting. You can read the full story here:

https://thatididntknow.com/cleopatra-so-be-it/

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In 1987 Mathias Rust landed a plane in Red Square, Moscow. At the time straying into Soviet airspace was suicidal. Just a few years before a Korean passenger plane accidently crossed into Soviet airspace and was blown out of the sky, killing everyone aboard. But Mathias’s story gets even more crazy - check it out here: https://thatididntknow.com/plane-lands-in-red-square/

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CNN is the source for this one so make sure you have an adblocker turned on if you click the link. Terrible site for adverts and auto playing videos!

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/us/senator-patrick-leahy-batman-trnd/index.html

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From the CDC page

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The supercontinent of Pangea with modern day borders. Pangea wiki.