Post * 78mDb — Curious Curator

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TIL that not everyone plays this Easter game I thought was universal.

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nWeKr TIL Denatonium Benzoate, the most bitter chemical known to man is added to Nintendo Switch game cards to prevent children from swallowing them.

jNM1X TIL that in 1993, comic For Better or For Worse ran a story about a gay character coming out to his parents. It was criticized by hundreds of fans, over 100 newspapers cancelled the strip over it, and even parts of the gay community were against it.

l78d1 TIL: A rattlesnake's rattle doesn’t work like a maraca, with little bits shaking inside. The rattle is actually a bunch of loosely interlocking segments made out of keratin.

E1007 TIL the Aretha Franklin's documentary "Amazing Grace" was filmed in 1972 but not released until 46 years later in 2018, largely because the director forgot to use a clapperboard and the audio track could not be synced with the footage until recently

me1P TIL the “North Pond Hermit” lived for 27 years without human contact, hiding out in the woods of central Maine. He survived by creeping into homes at night and stealing food, clothing, and reading material before being arrested in 2013.