Post * 4Neb — Curious Curator

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TIL companies can still legally fire a worker for being gay in 29 states.

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9YVYQ TIL in 2007, the Autralian Goverment spent $84 Million developing and launching an internet porn filter - only for it to be cracked by a 16 year-old student in less than 30 minutes. A second filter was released as a reaction, which was bypassed by the same teenager in 40 minutes.

N7Bwe TIL that when the Donner Party was about to depart from Springfield, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln considered joining it, but only stayed behind to care for his son and his pregnant wife.

Oo4pe TIL a substitute teacher in Ohio was convicted of four felony counts and sentenced to 90 days in jail along with 3 years of probation, for showing a high school Spanish class the 2012 horror film “The ABCs of Death”.

VBklm TIL that Point Roberts, Washington is a pene-exclave of Washington just south of Vancouver, Canada. It is attached to Canada by land but separated from the USA. It can only be reached from the USA by sea, air, or by driving 25 miles through Canada and then into Point Roberts, crossing two borders.

x7VB TIL That the band Nine Inch Nails created an alternate reality game to be played over 18 months. Challenges in the game included finding a specific USB at many of NIN’s concerts, finding individual payphones and waiting to be called there, and decoding time codes in order to find digital letters.