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mankls3 OP t1_j5hoc1d wrote on January 23, 2023 at 1:53 AM

Reply to comment by Irimee in TIL JFK Jr's nickname, "John-John", was because a reporter misheard JFK calling him "John" twice in quick succession and the name was not used by his family. by mankls3

I wonder if julia Louis Dreyfus and Jerry Seinfeld know about this.

mankls3 OP t1_j5hetul wrote on January 23, 2023 at 12:46 AM

Reply to comment by VinnyDaBoi in TIL the first official subway train pulled out to head uptown on Oct. 27, 1904. The mayor, George B. McClellan Jr., was on hand to start the train, but was so enthralled that he held onto the silver controller handle and drove the train all the way to Broadway and 103rd Street. by mankls3

lmao

mankls3 OP t1_j2kaqfb wrote on January 1, 2023 at 11:33 PM

Reply to comment by naois009 in Will This Device Protect Athletes’ Brains, or Only Make Them Think It Does? by mankls3

yes

mankls3 OP t1_j2jhr9l wrote on January 1, 2023 at 8:18 PM

Reply to comment by IIIllllIIlllIIlllIIl in Will This Device Protect Athletes’ Brains, or Only Make Them Think It Does? by mankls3

q collar pushes bloood into head

mankls3 OP t1_iy8bvnr wrote on November 29, 2022 at 2:41 PM

Reply to comment by RetroMetroShow in TIL Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the USA. It contains 29 buildings and 3,142 units for 7,000 people. by mankls3

Wiki says North America

mankls3 OP t1_iugcxwz wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:45 AM

Reply to comment by MarkRevan in TIL university of bologna in Italy is the world's oldest continuous operating university, founded in 1088. It was the first university in Europe and was founded as a school of law by four famous legal scholars by mankls3

library of alexandria prob had some of that info but it was burnt

mankls3 t1_iug2asm wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:21 AM

Reply to Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan

But why

mankls3 OP t1_iug0iz0 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:07 AM

Reply to comment by cannot_care in TIL university of bologna in Italy is the world's oldest continuous operating university, founded in 1088. It was the first university in Europe and was founded as a school of law by four famous legal scholars by mankls3

First in Europe though

mankls3 OP t1_irtzq74 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 12:54 AM

Reply to comment by CrieDeCoeur in TIl the first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer was built in Germany during world war 2 by Konrad zuse but received no press coverage because of the war by mankls3

Yes Germany did not p7rsue this invention because it was determined to be not in the war time interest

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TIL On average, the United States has only eight public toilets per 100,000 people

OMG! What Will Happen When A.I. Makes BuzzFeed Quizzes?

mankls3 OP t1_j5hoc1d wrote on January 23, 2023 at 1:53 AM

mankls3 OP t1_j5hetul wrote on January 23, 2023 at 12:46 AM

TIL JFK Jr's nickname, "John-John", was because a reporter misheard JFK calling him "John" twice in quick succession and the name was not used by his family.

TIL the first official subway train pulled out to head uptown on Oct. 27, 1904. The mayor, George B. McClellan Jr., was on hand to start the train, but was so enthralled that he held onto the silver controller handle and drove the train all the way to Broadway and 103rd Street.

Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach. With the rise of the popular new chatbot ChatGPT, colleges are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures

‘Based on a True Story’ (Except the Parts That Aren’t). The entertainment genre of historical drama is flourishing — and riddled with inaccuracies. The untrue parts are leading to more public spats and lawsuits.

TIL California killifish infected with a trematode flatworm are 10 - 30 times more likely to become meals for birds than uninfected fish

TIL when canada switched to metric in the 70s, containers had to switch from gallons to liters. Milk producers chose to switch to bags to avoid making cartons/jugs.

mankls3 OP t1_j2kaqfb wrote on January 1, 2023 at 11:33 PM

mankls3 OP t1_j2jhr9l wrote on January 1, 2023 at 8:18 PM

Will This Device Protect Athletes’ Brains, or Only Make Them Think It Does?

American History X, Greenbook, Driving Miss Daisy and 3 Billboards all involve right-leaning characters becoming more progressive by the end, but what are some examples of the opposite happening?

TIL in the movie Kate and Leopold (spoiler alert!) References to Kate being Stuart's great great grandmother had to be removed because critics were horrified by their incestuous relationship

mankls3 OP t1_iy8bvnr wrote on November 29, 2022 at 2:41 PM

TIL Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the USA. It contains 29 buildings and 3,142 units for 7,000 people.

TIL People born in American Samoa, which has been held by the United States for more than 120 years, are not automatically citizens of the United States.

TIL JP Morgan bailed out banks in 1907 but a severe recession occured anyway. Nelson Aldrich, a powerful senator with close ties to Morgan, led a mission to Europe in 1908 to study the workings of the central banks in England, France and Germany. The Federal Reserve was created a short time later

TIL in the sixties many people thought Paul McCartney was dead and secretly replaced by a look-alike. People tried to find clues in the music and Beatles artwork and it became an international phenomen.

mankls3 OP t1_iugcxwz wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:45 AM

mankls3 t1_iug2asm wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:21 AM

mankls3 OP t1_iug0iz0 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:07 AM

TIL university of bologna in Italy is the world's oldest continuous operating university, founded in 1088. It was the first university in Europe and was founded as a school of law by four famous legal scholars

mankls3 OP t1_irtzq74 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 12:54 AM