Curious Curator

Curious Curator

TIL that only the President, Governor, or Mayor of Washington, DC can order flags to fly at half-staff

TIL that Jill Ellis is the only coach - women or men - to win the World Cup as a foreign coach. Every prior winning coach has had the same nationality as the winning country.

TIL The Soup Nazi was first referenced in Sleepless in Seattle, 2 years before appearing on Seinfeld

TIL there was a early 2000’s boy band called Blue and that I never heard of them because the lead singer said "Who gives a fuck about New York when elephants are being killed?”… 1 month after 9/11… which happened while he was in NYC…

TIL that cream of tartar is made from a crystalline byproduct of wine making.

TIL the letter grade E existed until the 1930s, at which time it was eliminated for fear that parents would interpret the grade as meaning “excellent”.

TIL that critics of FDR’s New Deal called it the “Jew Deal” because they felt it was “Jewish or Communist” inspire.

TIL of "Target Fixation": a phenomenon where an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target, or hazard to be avoided) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the object.

TIL white wine can help improve the taste of burnt food

TIL that there is a plan in place to re-fill the Great Salt Lake with water from the Pacific Ocean