redditletter: top posts for curiosity between 2024-01-26 and 2024-02-02

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Here are the top 20 Reddit posts between January 26 2024 and February 02 2024 for category: curiosity. This category includes posts from the following subreddits: askreddit, todayilearned, mildlyinteresting, explainlikeimfive, damnthatsinteresting, interestingasfuck, nostupidquestions, beamazed, outoftheloop, whatisthisthing, tooafraidtoask, whyweretheyfilming, questions, bizarrelife, interesting, morbidquestions, whatisthis, mildyinteresting, zillowgonewild, bicurious_sucking, whereisthis, popularquestions, whatisit, blowit, fascinating, electricityisscary, morbidcuriosity, askblackpeople, mohavecounty, and whatisthisspider. Enjoy!

🔗 TIL: Ben Franklin was a slaveowner for much of his life, but after a friend took him to visit a school for black children, he wrote that African ignorance was not inherently natural but came from lack of education, slavery and negative environments. He also petitioned Congress to end slavery.

// 48371 ▲ by SilentWalrus92 on /r/todayilearned. Comments

📷 Found an old KKK Membership application in my grandfathers old things

// 39646 ▲ by DeathGodXapples on /r/mildlyinteresting. Comments

🔗 TIL that a pub in London was illegally demolished just days before it was to be listed as an historic site. They developer was forced to rebuild it brick by brick to its original state.

// 39208 ▲ by Guygan on /r/todayilearned. Comments

📷 Whats up doc

// 35291 ▲ by Umer_- on /r/BeAmazed. Comments

🎬 Dog senses his owner is about to faint, who has postural tachycardia syndrome, so he helps her by guiding her to sit down and bringing water and medicine..

// 30872 ▲ by Ok-Professional- on /r/BeAmazed. Comments

📷 They smelled weird too

// 7429 ▲ by flattenedbricks on /r/mildyinteresting. Comments

🗒 ELI5: Professional ballerinas spend $100 for each pair of pointe shoes, and they only last 3 days — why can't they be made to last longer?

// 3627 ▲ by thundercrown25 on /r/explainlikeimfive. Comments

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🎬 The exact moment TV stations switched to color television

📷 My Grandfather guarding a KKK function

📷 The brown colour is iconic now

🎬 Unique strategy from the Chinese speed skaters at the youth olympics.

🎬 The unseen cameraman shooting a sport is often an amazing athlete himself

🔗 TIL: Ben Franklin was a slaveowner for much of his life, but after a friend took him to visit a school for black children, he wrote that African ignorance was not inherently natural but came from lack of education, slavery and negative environments. He also petitioned Congress to end slavery.

📷 Found an old KKK Membership application in my grandfathers old things

🔗 TIL that a pub in London was illegally demolished just days before it was to be listed as an historic site. They developer was forced to rebuild it brick by brick to its original state.

📷 Whats up doc

🎬 Dog senses his owner is about to faint, who has postural tachycardia syndrome, so he helps her by guiding her to sit down and bringing water and medicine..

🗒 What is the single most “you’ll understand it when you’re older” thing?

🗒 Was Bernie Sanders actually screwed by the DNC in 2016?

🗒 Why is the process of car buying so ridiculous?

🗒 Who do you think has legitimately lost their mind?

📷 They smelled weird too

📷 A long cheerio in my bowl of cheerios

🗒 ELI5: Why is chiropractor referred to as junk medicine but so many people go to then and are covered by benefits?

📷 What is this thing? About 9 inches long. Takes 2 C-size batteries and vibrates.

🎬 Redraw the rest of the picture

🗒 ELI5: Professional ballerinas spend $100 for each pair of pointe shoes, and they only last 3 days — why can't they be made to last longer?