Post * 7r8jp — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Johnny Cash song “A Boy Named Sue” was written by Shel Silverstein.

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b55N TIL - Giant Iron Balls were rolled through Paris’ sewers to clear blockages.

4XBl6 TIL that when considering what to name Idaho, a man named George M. Willing suggested Idaho claiming it was an indigenous word meaning "Gem of the Mountains". The name stuck. Afterwards it came out that it wasn't an indigenous word and Willing made it up.

EW7P TIL when Nick Drake released his album Pink Moon in 1972 it only sold 2,000 copies. In 2000, 25 years after his death, Volkswagen used the title track for an advertisement and the record sold 5,000 more copies. He was known to have despised commercialism.

jNMZR TIL when Czechoslovakia split, the Czech Republic and Slovakia also split the national anthem - each country got one verse

JY1NB TIL Beer or wine is not safer to drink than liquor. One 250 ml beer has about the same amount of alcohol as one 100 ml glass of wine, or 30 ml distilled spirit. It is the amount of alcohol consumed that affects a person most, not the type of alcoholic drink