Post * 1aO7D — Curious Curator

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TIL the USA only ranks #43 in a list of countries by home ownership rate (64.5%). Romania is 1st with 96.4%.

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9orG TIL Giant tarantulas keep tiny frogs as pets because Insects try to eat the tarantulas eggs, so the frog eats the insects while the tarantula protects the frog from predators.

Wk5QY TIL: New Mexico was actually named 223 years before the country of Mexico was established.

X0J0r TIL that Irving Berlin is the oldest songwriter to ever have a song they wrote reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. In 1983, when Berlin was 95 years old, a version of his song Puttin' On the Ritz by the artist Taco peaked at Number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

9xVr TIL Pistachios used to be dyed pink and would stain your fingers when you ate them.

m114v TIL the ending of the Invader Zim episode “Walk of Doom” was changed because Nickelodeon was concerned that a sign that said “Welcome to Mexico” may have been offensive.