Post * 1aB0d — Curious Curator

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TIL Matt Damon started writing Good Will Hunting (1997) as a final assignment for a playwriting class he was taking at Harvard University. At first, it was written as a thriller about a young man who possesses a superior intelligence and is targeted by the government with heavy-handed recruitment.

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epx14 TIL Mexico's official legal name is "United Mexican States"

GYA6G TIL that because a patch of clovers usually contains around 10,000 plants in 13 square feet, you only have to search an area around the size of an office desk to find a four leaf clover.

xVEeD TIL about the American Prairie Reserve, a project initiative that is privately purchasing large swaths of land out in the Great Plains of America and converting it into what will hopefully be the largest nature reserve in the continental U.S.

Z6mR TIL that the Japanese imperial succession law barring women from the throne is only about 140 years old, and not ancient tradition. The rule was changed when Japan was modernizing to match Prussia’s succession rules, as Japan looked up to the rising European superpower.

ep6QL TIL The new year was celebrated on April 1 . In France it became known as Fish Day . A day to play practical jokes .