Today I Learned

What did you learn today?

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TIL that in French 'je t'aime' directly translates to 'I hate you.' Source

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TIL that Donald Trump went to 26 countries during his presidency. Source

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TIL that in 1449 a candidate for the position of Holy Roman Emperor was a literally gorilla, and the Imperial Diet took the gorilla completely seriously. Its name was Maximus. Source

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TIL that in January 2004 the Earth was nearly struck by a meteor. Its name was X420-69. Source

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TIL that in order to get on a plane in Georgia, one must count to ten. As a result, babies and children are a rare sight on Georgian flights. Source

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TIL that the first recorded piece of sung music is extremely graphic and sexual. Source

[callipygian-shrimp]

fuck you. fuck your mother. i hope your grandchild bangs a monkey and raises the monkey child into human civilization and your ancestors are completely oblivious until one day your great great great great great niece looks into her family history too much and learns she’s the ancestor of a silverback gorilla and has to live with the burden of knowledge

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Hello, thank you for this reply! I'm glad you're enjoying my blog. We're French and that's embarrassing enough :-)

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TIL that the first recorded piece of sung music is extremely graphic and sexual. Source

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TIL that in early January 1924 Mussolini very publicly sharted his pants in front of both Stalin and Lenin at a dinner party. Source

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pussy

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TIL that in 1972 the term “glizzy” was coined. The man who coined it, Robert Delaney, died upon saying it aloud. Source

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TIL that in 1945 the first hotdog was invented. Source

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TIL that it is legal in 42 US states to own and operate an antique WWI u-boat. Source

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TIL that 35 years ago the first iPhone was invented. Source

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TIL that in 1975 the United States found evidence that Iranian students were planning to take a US embassy in Tehran, but did nothing about it. Source

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TIL that the country of Moldova has a national holiday called Thankgiving, but in Moldova the thanks go to the absence of the Soviets. Source

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TIL that the Cubs team of 1932 secretly called themselves “the bears” in an attempt to sound more manly. Source

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TIL that in 1945 the US president was late to the V day celebrations because he took a bubble bath. Source