Post * 78b1b — Curious Curator

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TIL that Taco Bell once tried to open a hotel, and it sold out in 2 minutes.

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vPNaR TIL that, when coffee arrived from Arabia to Europe, it boosted the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment. In the early days, the Royal Society of London used to meet in a coffee shop, not in a pub.

Zp5Xv TIL The 1976 Olympic games left Montreal with a $1.6 billion debt that was not satisfied until 2006.

bG8Z TIL a man in Russia domesticated foxes that now sell for $9000. “Curiously, the friendly gene came attached to some other physical genes that made the foxes look like other domestic animals: curly tails, white faces, droopy ears. It took only about 35 years to completely domesticate the species.”

gMNr9 TIL In his mid-70s, Goya created dark paintings not intended for public display, including "Two Old Ones Eating Soup"

xVm1 TIL that in ancient Greece throwing an apple at someone was considered a marriage proposal.