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ebikr t1_jdu9nrp wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:23 AM

Reply to TIL india is the biggest exporter of hairs in the world. India's hair exports account for 80% of the global market by pinkcheems

How many hairs is that?

ebikr t1_jd6zb4n wrote on March 22, 2023 at 8:17 AM

Reply to comment by InfluenceDear9975 in TIL that Al Pacino boycotted the 45th academy awards in 1973, because despite having more screen time than Marlon Brando, he was nominated for best supporting actor and not best actor. by VengefulMight

Shame they couldn’t be more mature about it like a couple of good fellas.

ebikr t1_jclsw56 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 7:29 PM

Reply to TIL that in 1950, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, synthesized a highly radioactive element by bombarding curium-242 with alpha particles. They named this new element "Californium" and its discovery was initially kept classified due to its potential military uses. by theID10T

“Californication.”

ebikr t1_jaf44d2 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 11:53 PM

Reply to TIL a zoologist figured out the lifecycle of the parasitic intestinal worm Ascaris Lumbricoides in 1879 by purposely swallowing eggs discovered in a human corpse infected with the worms by RainManToothpicks

Yum

ebikr t1_j9piar5 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:28 PM

Reply to TIL Pedestrianism was a 19th-century form of competitive walking, often professional and funded by wagering, from which the modern sport of racewalking developed. by I-Skeleton

Sounds rather pedestrian.

ebikr t1_j91eue3 wrote on February 18, 2023 at 2:30 PM

Reply to TIL about lipograms: written work in which a particular letter is intentionally omitted. Ernest Wright wrote his 1939 novel Gadsby without the letter "e," and his book was 50,000 words long. by class-in-a-glass

Tried to read it. It lipo sucked.

ebikr t1_iy6bndw wrote on November 29, 2022 at 1:50 AM

Reply to TIL Joey Ramone suffered from schizophrenia by DudeThatsAGG

That’s why he wanted to be sedated.

ebikr t1_ixhor1t wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:03 PM

Reply to TIL the balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade were introduced in 1928 to replace live zoo animals. by NotLaFontaine

I guess the animals didn’t like being filled with helium.

ebikr t1_iucttut wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:48 AM

Reply to TIL Disney pioneered the switchback queue/line system to keep crowds from blocking attractions at the worlds fair. It became ubiquitous after they began using it at Disneyland. by Set_in_Stone-

I heard they invented the rest room as well. Previously people pissed in a hole in the ground.