Post * 78R5P — Curious Curator

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TIL: King Charles III and the British Royal Family own 6.6 Billion Acres of land equivalent to one-sixth of the surface of the earth. Locations include London, rural Britain, and more than 90% of the land in Canada.

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16laV TIL on Apollo 17, the fender was accidentally torn off, exposing the crew to the risk of lunar dust damaging their equipment and suits. They then duct taped 4 lunar maps to create a makeshift fender extension, which worked well enough to allow them to continue their mission.

rRGrw TIL that in the UK, The National Lottery hunts for winners of unclaimed Lottery prizes, but in the U.S. they let it expire after one year without putting in effort to search for the winner.

JYOB1 TIL of The Golden Age of Porn (1969.-1984.), when pornografic movies were regurarly shown in mainstream cinemas, had high production value and were dicussed by distinguished film critics, including Roger Ebert

9Wlp TIL: It took 200,000 years to bring 1st billion people on Earth, 100 more years to bring 2nd billion and now we add 1 billion people to this planet every 12 years.

YRxA TIL if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest finisher who has never been linked to doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher