Post * 8eA5X — Curious Curator

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TIL Wyoming passed a law that bans burying wind turbine blades in landfills

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v0n4 TIL the cost of college textbooks in the US have risen more than 1,000 percent since 1977, even faster than tuition, health care costs and housing prices, all of which have risen faster than inflation.

NXmMe TIL that WordStar was once the dominant word processor, in part because of the lack of copy protection. Many books on how to use WordStar became best sellers. Their authors knew that they were really selling manuals for what might have been the world's most pirated software.

OongY TIL On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before the U.S Senate Commerce Committee requesting funds to help support the growth of a new concept. National Public Television.

DbDY TIL that soon after Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, David Wesson perfected a method for creating an edible cooking oil from the abundance of seeds.

oRoeW TIL about a former MI6 officer who tried to sell sensitive information to the Dutch, who then turned around and told MI5 about it. He claimed voices in his head told him to sell the secrets.