Post * 0dMA — Curious Curator

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TIL Malaria is Responsible for half of all Human Deaths ever

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WkL6Y TIL that Keanu Reeves came to the aid of Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer when she first moved to LA and was stranded on the side of the road

JYe0k TIL that in the U.S. television stations east of the Mississippi River all have call signs starting with a "W" and ones to the west have call signs beginning with a "K". Dallas, Texas has both because of a weird rule when they moved the demarcation.

9Qv7 TIL that musician Beck’s last album was released only in sheet music form, for others to interpret. No cd’s, no digital download, just sheet music.

p8nA8 TIL that in 1922 a suitcase containing almost everything the young Ernest Hemingway had written up to that time was stolen in a train station in Paris. No trace of this suitcase has ever been discovered, despite the fact that the unpublished stories it contained would be incredibly valuable.

E1ePo TIL that famed chef Julia Child was a spy...