Post * 0rWN — Curious Curator

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TIL Offenders convicted of murdering white females were more than 14 times more likely to be sentenced to death than were offenders convicted of murdering black males

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QN99L TIL that Zelda's Ultrahand ability that lets you telepathically move and combine objects was named after late Nintendo employee Gunpei Yoko's first invention from 1966: the Ultra Hand plastic toy that could grab objects from afar. It sold over 1 million units and financially saved Nintendo.

grwND TIL that personal ovens were generally outlawed in medieval France, and commoners were compelled to use communal ovens, for a fee, to bake things like bread.

MeDmW TIL the 1100 page epic novel about the history of Japan "Shogun" by James Clavell was inspired by a single sentence in his daughter's school textbook that read "in 1600 an Englishman went to Japan and became a Samurai".

wLZ57 TIL that most of Peaky Blinders outdoor scenes are filmed at an open air museum dedicated to 300 years of local history called the black country living museum.

b6y4E TIL that Australia actually exports sand to Saudi Arabia. This is because maritime or beach sand is coarser than desert sand. Coarse sand j's needed in construction which effectively makes desert sand completely useless.