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31 Oct 2019, 6:17 pm

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I used a microwave for the first time today. After burning my popcorn I learned that they have "POPCORN" buttons.

:?

I have never noticed popcorn buttons.


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01 Nov 2019, 3:25 pm

About 100,000 years ago, there were barely enough people on Earth to fill a football stadium.


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04 Nov 2019, 6:09 pm

The current library at Alexandria has a copy of all the web pages on every website on the Internet since it started in 1996.


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06 Nov 2019, 5:32 am

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06 Nov 2019, 8:51 am

Video calls happened in the 1920s when the boss of telecoms giant AT&T spoke to former US president Herbert Hoover using a TV signal and phone line. (Learnt through reading a bbc article about how well Blade Runner predicted 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50247479 8))



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08 Nov 2019, 6:32 pm

Whale fossils have been found on top of the Andes mountains.


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09 Nov 2019, 8:21 am

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Whale fossils have been found on top of the Andes mountains.

I wonder how they got up there? :lol:

But being serious, that's really cool 8)



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13 Nov 2019, 7:12 pm

In Bolivia, llama droppings are used to purify water.


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14 Nov 2019, 3:16 pm

I talked to my grandmother on the phone, she may have Mexican food for Christmas.



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14 Nov 2019, 5:28 pm

On average, soccer players run as far as 9.5 miles in a single match.


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15 Nov 2019, 12:38 pm

I've learned scientists have developed a much more improved battery for solar power cells..



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15 Nov 2019, 4:25 pm

The average person has 1,825 dreams per year.


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19 Nov 2019, 11:46 am

Lara Croft from Tomb Raider was originally going to be called Laura, but the British designers of the game thought Americans were stupid and would not pronounce the name Laura properly, so they changed it to Lara.

Many Americans mispronounce Lara's name as Laura, however, so maybe...



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19 Nov 2019, 11:49 am

I learned that an academic liberal type likes Dean Martin.



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19 Nov 2019, 1:19 pm

Nobody needs to know you've had a bad day, so keep it to yourself.



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21 Nov 2019, 4:49 pm

Windex kills ants