Post * 8lGZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that the ancient Romans possessed an herb that was so effective at birth control that they harvested it to extinction

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oB7aL TIL that there are still street merchants in Baltimore, called arabbers, who carry on a 150 year old tradition by travelling around selling fruits and vegetables from a horse drawn cart.

E1NJd TIL that the ancient Greeks thought that Persephone spent her 1/3 of the year in the underworld between June and September, not the winter months. This is because crops in ancient Greece were planted in October, harvested in April, and threshed in May, unlike in more northern climates.

rRbry TIL before Guy Fieri was a Food Network star, he worked at Flowmaster also doing commercials selling mufflers.

kjPd TIL that a Russian man is suing Bethesda (developers of Fallout 4) claiming he wasn’t warned about the addictive nature of the game: He played for three weeks straight, stopping just for sleep. He lost his job and his wife

PYWPV TIL that Zillow, Expedia, and Glassdoor were all co-founded by the same guy