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17d

TIL: /todayilearned had a clear exponential membership growth early on. A bell curve in the growth chart is visible.

I just noticed that your growth chart shows a clean example of exponential growth!Was wondering if you wanted to put that in your about section? And also, Please please PLEASE! Announce your community on /digglist I'm begging you!Again, congrads on that membership bump.

@dclange

28d

TIL about "Gloriana Frangipana"

Gloriana Frangipana is a made-up Latin-sounding phrase created by Indiana University students who were looking for a word that rhymed with Indiana. Indiana's official alma mater: Come and join in song together,Shout with might and main;Our beloved Alma Mater,Sound her prais

@BagelDad0906

Jan 18th

TIL Mexico had an emperor briefly after fighting and winning their independence

Agustin de Iturbide used his heroic status after Mexico’s independence to install himself as an emperor. His brief reign was heavily influenced by the visuals of Napoleon

@G48ST4R

Jan 15th

TIL about buzkashi, where players on horseback compete for control of a dead goat instead of a ball.

I went down a rabbit hole about why American football is called football and ended up discovering buzkashi. It’s a traditional sport in parts of Central Asia where riders on horseback fight for possession of a dead goat and try to carry it to a scoring area. This is definitely on

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TIL: /todayilearned had a clear exponential membership growth early on. A bell curve in the growth chart is visible.

TIL about "Gloriana Frangipana"

TIL Mexico had an emperor briefly after fighting and winning their independence

TIL about buzkashi, where players on horseback compete for control of a dead goat instead of a ball.

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