Post * 0w6lA — Curious Curator

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TIL, despite posing as a neutral country, Switzerland helped US and German intelligence services in gathering classified communications by selling rigged encoding devices to more than 120 governments.

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XEaOQ TIL that the first sex symbol of Hollywood was a Japanese actor named Sessue Hayakawa

VBVoZ TIL the song "Summer of '69" is a reference to the sex position, not the year, according to the artist. But the song's lyricist has stated otherwise.

b9Bba TIL that the human species is the only one with the ability to accurately throw objects

jRRN TIL Scotland is so barren because most of it belongs to a few dozen of wealthy people who use it as hunting grounds. Huge numbers of deer bred by them destroy all new seedlings.

worLM TIL after numerous lawsuits and fines resulting from the incidents occurring throughout Woodstock ‘99, the city of Rome, New York only profited $200,000 from the entire event.