Post * 0PpN — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Chinese phrase for “the general public” literally translates to the “Old 100 Families” as the 100 most common Chinese surnames account for 84.77% of China’s population. To reach this percentage in the US, you’d need to include approx. 150,000 surnames.

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rRo4o TIL The world’s first Chinatown was established in Manila in 1594. In 1861, a villager from the Chinese province of Fujian sailed to Philippines. He would become the great-grandfather of the first female Philippines president, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino

d8rgQ TIL A team of economists at NYU found that getting off Facebook appears to improve people’s lives. Users who deactivated their accounts for a month seemed to enjoy themselves more as a result, showing decreases in depression and anxiety and improvements in happiness and life satisfaction.

VBdMm TIL our brain suffers from the mere proximity of our smartphone: The "brain drain" hypothesis suggests that just having our smartphone nearby can use up some of our mental resources, leaving us with less ability to focus on other tasks.

VM1EG TIL that China's censorship board has banned all films with a 'supernatural' or 'cult' theme. To get around this problem, all Chinese horror movies (like Die Xian series) now has a "it was just a dream"/"you were just under hypnosis" ending attached after the normal scary stuff.

dlJZ TIL the black-footed cat, Africa’s smallest feline predator, has been known to kill sheep by hanging on to their throats until they have bitten through the jugular. Their maximum size is roughly 5 lbs.