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StrikeTheSun t1_j52jsml wrote

This is a perfect Today I Learned. Just a little extra knowledge that I didn't know but will now remember for the rest of my life. Not life altering, but will perhaps come in handy for a trivia game.

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AspireAgain OP t1_j52l2hw wrote

Glad to be of service. It's a real TIL too, I had no idea until I stumbled across it the other day.

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HaikuBotStalksMe t1_j53i7vo wrote

"did you know that George Washington was not named Washington?"

"Wat"

"I reddit on read it."

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swanspank t1_j53qwf2 wrote

Wasn’t he the guy with the peanuts rotating crops? I think I remember correctly it was about 54 years ago when I learned it in grade school. So I don’t think I qualify for todayilearned.

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AspireAgain OP t1_j53u6y9 wrote

The TIL isn’t what he did. It’s that he never used Washington in his name. Just “W”, or no initial at all.

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swanspank t1_j53ww0l wrote

Well darn, you are absolutely correct and think about that, 54 darn years and the system had lied to me the whole time!I

guess next you are going to tell me the government isn’t here to help me.

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AspireAgain OP t1_j5419o3 wrote

Not sure what your point is. You misread the TIL. I pointed it out. Done?

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