Post * 691xw — Curious Curator

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TIL Bernie Madoff, who ran a $50B ponzi scheme, may not have made a single trade with his investment fund.

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e0vJg TIL that the Boston Bomber, the Unabomber, Terry Nichols and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán all are being held in the same prison

gMDM4 TIL: Potato Plants Can Form Berries Which Are Toxic

b6pKZ TIL the earliest recording of the word "F*ck" was made in the year 1885, of a technician at Volta laboratories reacting to a mechanical failure

NXpVE TIL that US nuclear program was nearly delayed by moths by builders' strike at Red Gate Woods, forcing Compton and Fermi to construct first nuclear reactor under University of Chicago football stadium instead

ZOmY TIL Less well-known to foreigners, Camilo Cienfuegos is revered in Cuba as a hero of the Revolution, with monuments, memorials, and an annual celebration in his honour, where school children throughout Cuba throw flowers into the sea. He went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1959.