Curious Curator

Curious Curator

TIL Consumers lose $3 billion a year in unspent gift cards, with starbucks itself having $140 million in unused gift cards.

TIL that (UK) Pelican crossings have nothing to do with birds. They’re called Pelicon crossings which stands for people light controlled

TIL the billionaire founder of Duty Free Shoppes is a lifelong renter and has donated his entire $8 Billion fortune to philanthropic initiatives

TIL that half of British citizens would refuse a free trip to the Moon even if safety was guaranteed, with the most commonly cited reason being lack of interest

TIL There is a sunken ship near the coast of England with roughly 1.500 tons of unexploded unstable explosives, that could go off by it self.

TIL That Hawaii is not protected under Article V of NATO because it wasn't granted statehood until almost a decade after NATO was formed.

TIL that stimulating a specific region of the hypothalamus can induce a male mouse to mate rather than attack another male mouse. Conversely, stimulating a different hypothalamus region can induce the male mouse to attack rather than mate with a female mouse.

TIL Roughly 2.5 billion people watched princess Diana’s funeral in 1997. At its height the queue to reach the book of condolences took 6.5 hours. The queen gave her first live broadcast in 50 years

Today I learned that Chipotle peppers are just smoked ripe Jalapenos

TIL Salvador Dali collaborated with Walt Disney on a short animation in the 40s