Post * 16Md8 — Curious Curator

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TIL 'jaywalking' is a term coined by insurance companies to make it be seen negatively and shift the blame of accidents onto pedestrians

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L99v TIL that if you have served in the military, regardless of the branch of service, regardless of where you were deployed, and regardless of whether you served during a time of peace or a time of war, you are at a 60% greater risk of dying from ALS (motor neuron disease) and nobody knows why.

0w99j TIL the atheistic Cult of Reason was sponsored by the French revolutionary govt. to replace Catholicism. Notre Dame's altar was dismantled, and provocatively dressed women posed inside representing virtues like Reason. Cemetery gates in France had to bear the inscription "Death is an eternal sleep."

XEej TIL In 1998 a Japanese reality show locked a naked man in an apartment until he won one million yen worth of prizes through mail-in magazine contests. He was there for over a year.

XEQXR TIL That despite the commonly held belief that the Earth's Moon's name is "Luna", this is in fact not true, the official name for Earth's Moon is just "Moon"

pwK8 TIL Mr. Potato Head was originally a kit to be used with an actual potato and that it was the first children’s toy that was advertised on television.