Post * 1aRZV — Curious Curator

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TIL the Netherlands government will subsidize sex from prostitutes for disabled citizens.

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5WyP TIL punk band The Dead Kennedys were invited to perform at the Bay Area Music Awards to play their song “California Über Alles”. Instead they wrote a new song “Pull My Strings” to make a mockery out of the event and mainstream music.

9w4Ar TIL There is a thing called Exploding Head Syndrome, a sleep disorder that causes auditory hallucinations when falling asleep or waking up (No i am not kidding this is real).

ANAeB TIL: About 80% of Swiss prisoners and 50% of guards smoke cannabis despite it being illegal in order to produce more peaceful prison conditions. Prison officials turn a blind eye because smoking cannabis kept prisoners calm and reduced violence.

YbNr TIL The Led Zeppelin song “D'yer Mak'er” is pronounced “Jamaica” in reference to the way British people say the country’s name, hence the reggae beat.

xV7KD TIL there are twin astronauts, Mark and Scott Kelly, born on February 21 1964. Scott spent 340 days in the International Space Station. During and after Scott's year-long mission, the brothers were studied to find physical differences caused by living in space versus a baseline on Earth.