Post * 8NRZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Mars candy company firmly refuses to market to children under 12. Here is their “marketing code.”

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XE6jR TIL in the card game Arboretum, tie-breakers are decided by players each planting a tree, coming back in 5 years, and seeing which one grew the tallest.

4kvAb TIL the 2008 writers’ strike resulted in the first season of Breaking Bad being two episodes shorter and prevented the killing off of Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), who had originally been planned for elimination during the first season.

1OrD TIL that Vasily Zaytsev, a Soviet sniper with over 242 confirmed kills and 500 rumoured kills, became so good at shooting due to his peasant childhood; his family was too poor to afford many bullets, and hence he was forced to learn to take one shot per animal.

RVV9 TIL: Mike Tyson Caught Brad Pitt Screwing His Wife Back In The 80’s

epKKE TIL during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, 50 of the plant's 800 workers stayed behind during the evacuation. The workers, including older plan retirees, volunteered to be exposed to high levels of radiation while working to prevent a full meltdown of the facility.