Post * 7raLX — Curious Curator

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TIL that between the years of 1995 and 2003 the mayor of Bogotá, Columbia hired mimes to ridicule traffic violators in the streets in an effort to reduce chaotic driving. Traffic fatalities decreased 50% as a result.

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V1Dp TIL: There is a Scientology drug rehab program called “Narconon”. It uses saunas, vitamins, minerals and oils to tackle the effects of drug addiction but critics say it’s “medically unsafe” “quackery” & “medical fraud”

jPJE TIL that a Roadrunner’s top speed is 20 MPH while Coyotes can reach speeds of up to 43 MPH

epPjD TIL that activist Coretta Scott King babysat John Lithgow when he was a child

Qg0d TIL Sesame Street’s Count Von Count’s counting obsession come from a traditional vampire myths that depicts vampires as having a fixation with counting small objects. In the myth, the fixation often provides a means of distracting them by tossing a handful of seeds or salt on the ground.

1aZOd TIL: Killer Whales live in highly social matrilineal family groups that are the most stable out of any species. Their hunting techniques and vocal behaviors are passed down generationally in an example of animal culture.