Post * 9J5p — Curious Curator

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TIL There is a site where you can watch TV like it was in the 90s, including commercials, trailers, etc.

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BBKr TIL an art professor from Syracuse University created a single tree that bears 40 different types of fruit after learning that an orchard full of 150-200 year-old native fruit trees was going to be destroyed.

VMJM4 TIL that other than humans, chimpanzees and rats are the only animals that can laugh.

LQk6P TIL Moe Howard of The Three Stooges once broke three ribs filming a pratfall. Dazed, he managed to pick himself up off the ground and slap Curly in the face before passing out. The footage ended up being used in the finished short.

mx9lx TIL: In the UK, the right hand controls the front brake on a bicycle. In the rest of Europe and the U.S., left hand controls the front brake.

78odO TIL there are only three flights operating weekly to and from Tuvalu in the South Pacific. When not in use, the Funafuti Airport airstrip turns into a common area for sports and social activities. A siren blares when it is time for residents to clear the runway due to an approaching flight.