Post * 6LmQ — Curious Curator

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TIL that during the 18th century, you could pay your admission to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.

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0wERR TIL that more than 100 tons of space dust falls to Earth every single day. They are tiny (50 µm to 2 mm) meteoroids that survived entry through the Earth's atmosphere. Some land on our rooftops as well and can be captured using a strong magnet placed in the rain gutter.

69Q4J TIL that US Government employees are formally banned from napping at work

R6M8 TIL: British actors are usually cast in American movies as the villain because we associate the received pronunciation with high intellect and low morals.

W7Rmd TIL that Don Johnson met Melanie Griffith when she was 14-year-old. When she was 15 and Johnson was 23, she and Johnson began living together. On her 18th birthday they became engaged and were married in January 1976.

oBB7L TIL Sports Illustrated Predicted the Houston Astros to win 2017 World Series in 2014. They even had the 2017 World Series MVP on the cover.