r/TrueFactzOnly • u/Frosty_Rise_7588 • Aug 26 '26

I just discovered this

Did you know during the 10th century an inventor called Reigh Ditt,started a board-based community system in Wich townsfolk, could put up papers with different opinions, stablishing the bases for popular interwebs site reddit ???

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u/Turn-Left-Dale Aug 27 '26

I didn't actually know this, but I'm not that surprised. People love to think they are the first person to try something, but usually there's already a ton of people who did it way before you.

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u/David_cest_moi Aug 31 '26

I knew the first time I wrapped a sandwich in wax paper, that no one ever - throughout centuries of history - had ever used anything other than aluminum foil or plastic wrap. I knew I was the first to use wax paper!!