Post * 05LN — Curious Curator

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TIL that only parents who believe sugar will cause hyperactivity in their children will notice the effect, while parents that do not believe in it are extremely less likely to notice hyperactivity in their children.

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KBa TIL that on 9/12/2001, in a sign of support for the US, Queen Elizabeth directed that the Star Spangled Banner be played instead of what is typically played, breaking a centuries-old tradition for the first time.

kJnem TIL that despite $50 million in sales, the popular candy bar “PB Max” was discontinued simply because the Mars family doesn’t like the taste of peanut butter

m1E0O TIL: The Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice, Italy is a bookstore that has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats, including a full size gondola, it also has a fire escape that exits directly into a canal.

yQE78 TIL Alaric, famous for sacking Rome in 410, was able to do so because he enjoyed the poetry of Claudian. Claudian had described a route through the alps into Italy in his poems, which Alaric found and was thus able to use and evade direct contact with the Roman army for 6-9 months.

9YlXX TIL of a 240 year old robot boy called "The Writer" - ancestor to the computer and can be "programmed" to write 40 character sentences