Today I Learnt...

[93Flareside]

Ever wondered why Oklahoma has a panhandle? Neither did I, nor do i remember learning this in school...

Missouri Compromise - Wikipedia

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[GRtak]

I found out that the Russian Times bought NewsMax.

 

[93Flareside]

I found out that the Russian Times bought NewsMax.

When did this happen? I'm still seeing it being independent on wikipedia.

Newsmax - Wikipedia

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[GRtak]

When did this happen? I'm still seeing it being independent on wikipedia.

Newsmax - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I can't find the actual tweet, but tweets like this gave me that impression. Now I have unlearned this non fact.

 

[calvinhobbes]

TIL that one of my plants can be really sneaky.

They were so well hidden that I had no idea they were even there. Quite a nice surprise!

 

[NecroJoe]

 

[DanRoM]

There's a brand of watersports stuff in New Zealand called..... Loose Unit. Making life jackets and such, but also silly fun stuff, which is far more appropiate given the brand name. Isn't it, @loose_unit?

 

[Eye-Q]

Since it's palindrome day (22.02.2022) TIL that according to Guiness World Records the world's longest single word palindrome is the finnish word saippuakivikauppias which apparently translates to lye (caustic soda/soapstone) salesman.

 

[Mally Dangerous]

That chlorinated water can be neutralized with ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate aka vitamin C.

 

[CraigB]

Cox–Zucker machine - Wikipedia

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TIL, that. ^

 

[Cowboy]

TIL that even the cheapest computer music digital DJ things in even the smallest pubs in the smallest villages know Toby Keith, this makes me stupidly happy for some reason.

 

[calvinhobbes]

TIL that a recent German sitcom was adapted for BBC One. That’s not the way these things usually go.

The Cleaner (British TV series) - Wikipedia

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[eizbaer]

Well, it is one of the actually well done German productions. With a very different premise…