Post * 0NlL — Curious Curator

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TIL – There is already a sound detecting system that triangulates the sound of a gunshot in the USA. Allowing for super quick and accurate responses without dependency on 911 call(s).

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DQe6V TIL Utah law requires the state to maintain a White Collar Criminal registry to protect its citizens against affinity fraud.

LVGr TIL there’s a place called The Bolton Strid, which looks like a stream from the surface, but is actually a water filled, underground chasm. You fall in, and you don’t come out.

oR9BA TIL actor Jim Rash, know for playing Dean Craig Pelton on the sitcom Community, won the 2012 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Co-writing The Decedent's.

gMovy TIL when Chris Pratt was asked by his wrestling coach about what he wished to do with his life, he responded with, 'I don't know, but I know I'll be famous and I know I'll make a s- ton of money.'

xW7g TIL that a recent educational experiment suggested that reading “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” increased children’s likelihood of lying. On the other hand, reading a book on George Washington and the cherry tree decreased this likelihood dramatically.