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- ELI5: What causes Rhotacism? (The inability to pronounce the letter “r”)
- TIL that after the courts found insufficient proof against his daughter’s killer, a father hired 2 guys to kidnap the man and transport him to France. The man was found “tied up and dumped near a French courthouse.” He received 15 years in prison. Dad got a 1-year suspended sentence for kidnapping.
- IWTL how to comfort sad people
- YSK that encrypted emails are just as easy as normal ones. The rise of encryption will stop mass surveillance.
- What is the point in writing ‘2k17’ when you could just write ‘2017’ in the same space and the same amount of characters.
- ELI5: As Turtles and Tortoises grow older how do their shells grow?
- TIL Teddy Roosevelt’s Son Died Flying for the US During WWI. When His Body Was Discovered Behind Enemy Lines, the Germans Gave Him A Full Military Burial With Honors.
- ELI5: What is this major security flaw in the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world’s computers?
- TIL vocal jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald was born with perfect pitch so precise that the band musicians she worked with would tune their instruments to her voice.
- TIL flow is the mental state in which a person is completely absorbed in an activity, resulting in a loss of their sense of space and time.
- ELI5: How do icy-hot gels work?
- TIL if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1000 copies (1,500 if a children’s book) and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.
- IWTL how to talk to my family
- YSK: In case you ever lose your Android phone, there is an applet which turns its ringer up to 100% if you text it
- What is underneath all the sand in the Sahara Desert?
- I want to learn how to be bilingual and eventually multilingual.
- YSK If you’re bitten by a tick, keep the tick in a bag in your freezer. If you ever suspect that you have the symptoms of lyme disease, you can get the tick tested and get antibiotics. Early treatment does cure the otherwise incurable disease.
- ELI5: How does carbonation aid with an upset stomach?
- TIL 1 in 5 organ donations comes from the victim of a vehicular accident, and self-driving cars may end up exacerbating the shortage.
- ELI5: What is falsetto, and how is it different from normal singing?
- IWTL how to shut off my mind at night
- TIL scientists have successfully created a process to genetically modify pigs to produce human-transplantable organs. The method edits the genetics of pig DNA to prevent our bodies from rejecting their organs. It would end transplant lists overnight. Human trials are starting.
- What do insanely wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know nothing about?
- What happens to my contact lenses if I were suddenly to go into a coma for an extended period of time? Is there someone whose job it is to remove them?
- YSK that if your phone mysteriously stops working, don’t try to get into your bank account.
- YSK: Taking burst photos with your camera greatly improves the chances of capturing the best shot.
- YSK that Spotify quietly increased the price of Student Premium + Hulu
- YSK Older relatives, who you haven’t seen since last holiday season, who make cooking blunders may be showing signs of dementia
- YSK: Secret check out counter at Walmart
- YSK: You can charge USB devices even when your laptop is in sleep mode
- YSK that the iPhone has medical information accessible by holding the lock button (or lock+volume down for iPhone X) which contains the identity of the phone owner, medications they take, known conditions, allergies, and organ donor information
- YSK that prior to 1582 Christmas was celebrated today… the day of the winter solstice.
- YSK: There is a website that will play you only Spotify songs that no one has ever played before.
- YSK: The USPS, UPS, and FedEx all have free services that will let you get automatic notifications for packages being delivered to your home
- YSK Truepeoplesearch.com is scary and will often list children’s true address.
- YSK: How to use shipping boxes to donate used household items for free via mail.
- YSK: Men, if you are ever visiting a hospital and need to poop, go to the OB/GYN offices. Their men’s rooms are rarely used and usually clean and quiet
- YSK: February 22, 2022 (02/22/2022) falls on a Tuesday. Twosday.
- YSK that some car insurances also offer coverage for rental cars. Check with your insurance and rental car company before you book extra insurance.
- YSK: There are Christmas scams today. Do not click any links in any texts or emails about an alleged gift from an unknown source.
- YSK: If you’re ever at a theme park, check if there’s a single riders line. It’s typically quicker than queuing, but your party will be split up.
- YSK that if hospital staff find you wandering around without good reason they will call security.
- ELI5: If there is no cellphone signal, how does the “emergency calls only” mode works?
- TIL that instead of selling 6 shares for 610,000 yen, a trader sold 610,000 shares for 6 yen, which resulted in a $100M loss for his company
- ELI5: What exactly makes cooked food more nutritious?
- YSK: You can make your iPhone screen even darker than the minimum brightness by turning on Zoom with Low Light filter.
- YSK: If you cant get a reservation at Beast’s Castle at Disney World, Guest Services may be able to use a little magic.
- YSK: If your laptop has a USB port with a lightning symbol next to it , you can use it to charge your phone or accessories without switching the laptop on .
- YSK in the US Hitting the lock button on an iPhone 5 times in succession will open an SOS option which allows you to quickly and discreetly place a call to 911
- YSK: If you do not have a bank account with Bank of America (BOA), you cannot deposit cash into a BOA account holder’s account. They will only accept money orders if you do not have an account.
- IWTL how to approach insta crush without being creepy
- IWTL How not to be depressed at this time of year
- IWTL How to cut out snacking throughout the day
- IWTL how to draw
- I just realized that I always use others as a medium for my own happiness. This has really affected my relationships and family. How do I find long-lasting happiness within myself?
- IWTL: How to perform at my best mentally.
- IWTL How to use watercolors
- IWTL how to live out of my car
- IWTL about Buddhism
- I want to learn how to like myself
- IWTL all the countries of the world!
- IWTL How to stop hyper-focusing on specific tasks, and become more well-rounded and educated about the world
- How do researchers research effectively?
- IWTL how to do pixel art and/or design on photoshop
- IWTL the fastest way to learn 500 Chinese characters for conversational Chinese
- IWTL How To Become An Actor
- IWTL to play the piano
- IWTL How I would go about making a meal plan for myself
- IWTL to freestyle rap
- What is this painting and where do I buy it?
- IWTL to be funny and keep conversations going
- IWLT How to get a lean and strong body in 2 years
- ELI5: Has pregnancies (in humans) always taken 9 months? Is there any possibility that the development time could increase or decrease in the future?
- ELI5: Why is eating too much after a long period of starvation dangerous?
- ELI5: how do drug purity tests work when testing drugs like cocaine and mdma?
- TIL four-legged animals like horses and dogs don’t have backwards knees. Those joints are actually their ankles, which bend in the same direction as our ankles do.
- I want to learn gymnastics
- IWTL as much as possible about the US healthcare market and health insurance industry
- IWTL How to genuinely smile for a photo
- IWTL how to properly play the guitar w/theory
- IWTL How to grow intellectually
- IWTL how to put music over the videos and how to edit, combine videos
- IWTL How to write convincing argumentative essays
- IWTL How to Read Actively
- IWTL how to make a resume
- IWTL about making music
- IWTL how to sing decently
- IWTL how to cheer a miserable service industry worker up as a customer
- IWTL how to get back into a hobby I gave up like two decades ago. Drawing/illustrations
- IWTL about racism
- I want to learn about relationships
- YSK: USBs have two sides: a solid and a hollow side. The great majority of USBs go in with the hollow side facing you.
- YSK: If the Apple store tells you your motherboard needs to be fully replaced and is out of warranty, don’t spend $100s. Take it to a qualified, reputable computer repair shop. You can pay a fraction to get the same result.
- YSK your iPhone has an “Emergency SOS” setting that allows you to call emergency services by clicking the lock button 5 times in a row. You can enable or disable an alarm that plays before calling.
- YSK: If you are having a problem with a state or federal agency, your state/federal representatives have staff who a specifically there to help you, and they have special channels to those agencies.
- YSK that any credit fraud alerts setup after the Equifax breach will be expiring in the next few weeks
- YSK: Github offers a very large Student Developer package, many cloud-hosts, software/web/app dev tools, and more at your disposal if you’re a student/teacher. (13+ y/o)
- YSK many external WD hard drives integrate the USB-to-SATA logic onto the hard drive instead of using a separate board. If that circuit fails, extracting the data will cost as much as a used car, rather than $20 for a new enclosure that naturally comes with a standard USB-to-SATA bridge.
- YSK that Holland is not the name for the country, but for two provinces in the Netherlands.
- YSK that if men don’t register for the US military draft they can be denied a Driver’s License in some states, like Virginia, and will be denied federal student loans and grants, federal job training money, and certain government jobs.