Post * 78wL — Curious Curator

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TIL Moscow has more Billionaires than any other city in the world, beating out New York City and London

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GAWr5 TIL that the USA uses 10x as much salt on the road than they do in processed foods, and was first introduced on the roads in New Hampshire.

8exLG TIL that Norm MacDonald, the comedian, did not found McDonald's as their names aren't even the same.

v9L TIL Rolex is a lot of hype and became expensive during the 80’s with ‘yuppies’ buying them up. They also are not handmade and are mass produced.

P1WXJ TIL that the first goggles specifically for swimming were designed by an Irish priest called Michael O'Flanagan who was also associated with the Irish independent movement and Spanish republicanism during it's civil war.

rpvW TIL that the alternative history novel “The Man in the High Castle” features a “novel within a novel”. While the actual book is about Nazis winning WWII, the in-book novel is about an alternate universe in which the Nazis lose the war.