Post * 1lZW — Curious Curator

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TIL that Bell telephone could have made the internet back in the 1960s if their “picturephone” service had not flopped.

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eBB5 TIL that only 24% of Arab Americans are Muslim.

P1LbL TIL The heat of the Earth's core has nothing to do with pressure. Rather, most of it is energy produced by radioactive decay and the rest is trapped heat remaining from when the planet formed.

d5D8 TIL in 1991, an cosmic particle hit the atmosphere at over 99.999999999999999999999% the speed of light. It was dubbed the Oh-My-God Particle.

OG41L TIL Matthew McConaughey turned down a $14.5 million film offer & took a hiatus in order to pivot his acting career outside of rom-coms. The decision came after he searched himself online & realized he was largely known as a "rom-com shirtless guy" which prevented him from being hired in other genres

kJ5e4 TIL LazyTown was the priciest kids' TV series ever made. Originating from Iceland, each episode came with a hefty price tag of about $1 million, quite a sum considering it was primarily puppet-based.