Post * 5Yrop — Curious Curator

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TIL That the US Government invested $400 Billion in Internet Infrastructure that ISPs just never delivered on

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Oo41 TIL that Uber-Facts takes a majority of their posts from r/TodayILearned

grEeD TIL that the species of bear depicted on the California State Flag has been extinct since 1924. Similar in size to the Kodiak Bear, the California Grizzly Bear was aggressive, commonly weighed over 1,000 pounds, averaged 8 ft tall and could run 35 mph.

LkKa0 TIL during the early years of the Tour de France, guzzling alarming amounts of alcohol was the norm. Beer, wine, and brandy were considered safer to drink than water from questionable roadside wells or springs, and cyclists drank copiously.

QJOPE TIL When Capcom suggested Jean-Claude Van Damme to play all-American character Guile in the Street Fighter movie, the director said "What about his accent?" Capcom responded "What accent?" unaware he had one as all his films were dubbed in Japanese

neVJ9 TIL tha Bayer sold HIV and Hepatitis C contaminated blood products which caused up to 10,000 people in the U.S. alone to contract HIV. They pulled it off the U.S. market, but sold it to countries in Asia and Latin America so they could still make money