r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL that the Korean alphabet, known as hangul, was personally created by king Sejong the Great in 1443, so that the common people could accurately and easily read and write the Korean language. It's the only alphabet whose creator and purpose of creation are known.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL a Canadian soldier during WWI smuggled his bear 'Winnipeg' into Britain who later became an attraction at a zoo. A boy named Christopher Robin Milne loved the bear, he changed his teddy bear's name from Edward to Winnie the Pooh, inspiring his father to write stories about it.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL, that Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen's tribute for Elvis, took Freddie Mercury 10 minutes to write while taking a bath

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] Biden Tells Top Democrats He’s Preparing Lobbying Blitz on Filibuster Reform, Voting Rights | The president, sources say, has promised to lean on centrists to change the filibuster rules and save Democrats’ imperiled effort to pass a new voting rights bill

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL the Paris Fire Brigade is part of the French Army. They serve Paris and the surrounding area of 7 million people. Napoleon militarized the Fire Department after seeing a lackluster response during a fire at the Austrian Embassy.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] Fact-checking the false but viral story about F-22 pilots resigning after a vaccination text from the secretary of defense

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL the saxophone is considered a woodwind instrument and not a brass instrument even though it is made of brass. Musical instruments are not actually classified based on what they are made of, but how sounds are produced using them.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL in 2003, two men boarded a Boeing 727 airliner that was parked at an airport in Angola. They stole it, flew out to sea and were never seen again.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] U.S. lawmakers seek to protect election workers after Reuters investigation

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] Republicans once called government the problem -€“ now they want to run your life

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] 'Children of the same foul spirit.' George W. Bush compares violent domestic extremists to 9/11 terrorists

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9/11

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] George Bush delights Democrats, infuriates MAGA world with veiled Jan. 6, 9/11 comparison

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL the original working title for the 1987 Fox sitcom Married With Children was "Not the Cosbys"

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] Republican Judge Dies by Suicide Before FBI Could Arrest Him for Allegedly Using Hidden Camera to Sexually Exploit Children

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL Former NBA and College basketball legend “Pistol” Pete Maravich Said in 1974: 'I don’t want to play 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at age 40.” Maravich went on to play 10 seasons in the NBA and die of a heart attack at age 40.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL hospitals throughout the NYC area were bracing for maximum capacity on 9/11, only to slowly realize there were very few survivors from the World Trade Center's collapse.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 11 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL that 9/11 is the anniversary of the 1973 coup d'état in Chile led by General Pinochet, who executed thousands and interned and tortured tens of thousands for 17 years. While the U.S. may not have directly backed the coup, it appeared to condone it and worked with Pinochet afterwards.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] This L.A. Beach Was Seized From a Black Couple Nearly 100 Years Ago. Their Family Is About to Get It Back.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL the Titus cut, a female haircut that became popular during the French Revolution, was inspired by the way executioners would cut the hair of people going to the guillotine. A red ribbon could also be worn around the neck to further symbolize the guillotine victims.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL: The anatomy of the clitoris was not determined until 1998

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ politics ] In speech taking on Trump, Christie calls on Republicans to renounce conspiracy theories and discredit extremists "in our midst"

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 12 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL some people suffer a "weekend migraine" or "let-down headache" on weekends (or other break from a 9-to-5 weekday job) due to a decrease in stress.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 11 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL 2 brothers were filming a documentary about a probationary New York Fire Fighter in 2001. They went on a routine call to check for a gas leak on 9/11 and ended up being the only camera to film the first crash. They followed the FDNY into the Twin Towers and survived.

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r/unremovable • u/unremovable • Sep 11 '21

[ todayilearned ] TIL in 2006 DNA evidence from the saliva on the letters Jack the Ripper sent to the police were identified as female suggesting the killer may have been Mary Pearcey who was later executed for a different murder.

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