Post * 7W1x — Curious Curator

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TIL that Subway now has more restaurants worldwide than McDonalds.

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kJ8b4 TIL that In April of 1815, Mount Tambora exploded in a powerful eruption that killed tens of thousands of people on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa. The following year became known as the “year without a summer” when unusually cold, wet conditions swept across Europe and North America.

GADP7 TIL that a German dictionary producer hold an annual competition for best "Youth word" of the year (examples in comments)

6w6Z TIL a ‘Glove Compartment’ or 'Glove Box’ originally was created to hold driving gloves which were considered necessary equipment in early cars, many without a hard top, to prevent the cooling effect of fast-moving air from numbing drivers’ hands.

oR4YR TIL that the outer HALOS of the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky way are already touching each other. The Galactic collision is already in it's early phase

e05gE TIL ladybugs eat gnats! It's easy to buy ladybugs in stores, online, etc.