Post * 6B0X — Curious Curator

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TIL a man named Alcibiades was an important Athenian general, had to flee Athens and became an important Spartan general, had to flee Sparta and became an important Persian court adviser, and then was elected an Athenian general

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4XeJa TIL a former Michelin Guide inspector said an inspector's life is lonely, underpaid drudgery, driving around France for weeks on end, dining alone, under intense pressure to file detailed reports on strict deadlines, the guide had become lax in its standards, & some famous chefs are "untouchables".

V4Pp TIL a woman used drain cleaner to BLIND herself, and she says that she is happier than ever after fulfilling lifelong wish of becoming blind

n5Kd TIL That England and Wales don’t report murders as murders unless someone is convicted. The US could drop its murder rate by half if it used the same method.

XePP TIL that the study that stated that the MMR vaccine can cause autism was scientifically discredited.

LkQ6r TIL of the Mondragon Corporation, a Basqué company of >70000 workers that operates as a worker's cooperative. It exists as a quasi socialist enterprise in a capitalist system.