Post * 1aDAP — Curious Curator

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TIL that Medieval Peasants had significantly more days off than Modern Americans with Americans working 244 days a year and Peasants working only 150.

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gjgD TIL Eye-wear is getting too costly because a single company Luxottica controls 80% of the major brands in the $28 billion global eyeglasses industry.

6EkPJ TIL of Washington Phillips who recorded several songs in the late 1920s on an instrument he built himself. He was the only one who could play it and what it was exactly remains a mystery.

X0Djj TIL playing tetris shortly after a traumatic event may reduce the severity of any related PTSD

ELo0 TIL that a woman named Claire, was at a garage sale, when she decided on buying an old card table. After bargaining the price down to $25, she took it. She later found out that it was one of 6 tables left in the world by furniture makers John Seymour & Son. It later sold at an auction for $541,000.

dD5Qr TIL Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas. When he moved to Los Angeles, there was already an actor named Michael Douglas, so Keaton flipped through a phone book until he saw the name Keaton and decided to make it his stage name.