Post * 4XVew — Curious Curator

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TIL that at least 1 in 4 people who say they've read George Orwell's 1984 are lying

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e7l5 TIL that an Cuban-American FBI agent spent 3 years undercover in the Gambino crime family, convincing everyone he was Italian. He nearly became a made member of the family before the investigation was stopped.

R7vb6 TIL Ross Lebeau, 24, was charged with possessing almost half a pound of methamphetamine. 2 field tests also yielded positive results. However, later it was found to be cat littler. It was to keep the windows from fogging up.

Nk8 TIL 1 in 14 Americans would murder someone for 3 million dollars.

awgDZ TIL A roman scholar predicted microbiology over 2000 years ago, writing "there are bred certain minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, but which float in the air and enter the body through the mouth and nose and cause serious diseases."

Ool8e TIL Bumble Bees deliberately damage plants to force them to flower early, thus providing food for them up to 30 days before the plant would naturally flower