Post * 7NML — Curious Curator

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TIL a man in China purchased a first-class plane ticket — and used it to eat a year’s worth of free meals at the VIP lounge at Xi’an International Airport.

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mkgy TIL that eating ripe bananas help combat abnormal cells and the more dark spots a banana has the better the anti-cancer quality.

78L6Z TIL that the world's oldest company was a Japanese construction firm called Kongō Gumi, which operated continuously from 578 AD until 2006—over 1,400 years.

W7NbX TIL that Iceland and the UK directly fought against each other in the "Cod Wars" intermittently from the 1950s to the 1970s. This was despite both states being members of NATO.

D17Qv TIL that Spain still recognizes nobility titles in Mexico that were granted before its independence (some were granted after)

696P8 TIL the Death Star trench run was modeled after a real world event: The Dambusters Raid