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olav

@ olav @theweird.space

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    TIL that India cut the Pythagorean theorem—Edit: its similarity proof—, periodic table, and evolution from mandatory education in June 2023 Edit: before adding it back a week later

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  • @prirai Science needs basic humanities and the reverse too. Unless everything is religion

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    TIL that India cut the Pythagorean theorem—Edit: its similarity proof—, periodic table, and evolution from mandatory education in June 2023 Edit: before adding it back a week later

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  • @PlasticLove This is a country that plans to send people into space in the next few years. Even basic trig in the unis matter.

  • TIL Nintendo coats all of their Switch cartridges with extremely bitter denatonium benzoate to deter children from putting them in their mouths and swallowing them.

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  • TIL Chris Cocker who is now Cara Cunningham went into pronography after her viral leave britney alone video.

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  • TIL Chris Cocker who is now Cara Cunningham went into pronography after her viral leave britney alone video.

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  • TIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night.

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  • TIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night.

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  • TIL that in Sparta, after the wedding, brides would have their hair cut short and be dressed in men's clothing so that they would appear less threatening to their groom during the wedding night.

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  • TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.

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  • TIL that the longest javelin throw was 99.52 meters using a now illegal technique that was considered "out of control". No one has broken this record with modern javelin rules.

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  • @MindTraveller@Wolf314159

    The movie was funny when I was 13. It wasn't funny when my kids were 13. That was over ten years ago.

  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.

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  • @Varyk ultimately they want the slave labor for the companies they contract with.

    I mean even when it's not a corporate "for-profit" prison it's still for-profit by the government. Even in California

  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.

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  • @Varyk I didn't say that. AFAIK you're mostly down to having friends send you money for soap and toothpaste

  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.

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  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.

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  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.

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  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.

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  • TIL if The Bare Naked Ladies had $1m when the song was recorded, and parked it in S&P500, they'd be rich.

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  • TIL that quadruple A batteries exist

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