Post * 9n1Q — Curious Curator

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TIL that only 15 states in the US require a minimum age for a child to be home alone. Most states go by a child’s maturity rather then age.

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pYaep TIL that Sony invented a fake critic named David Manning to put good reviews on bad movies like Hollow Man and The Animal. Even David's so-called interview with Harry Shearer was actually Harry talking to a text-to-speech device.

ay0o TIL that on Aug. 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will be visible across the United States. The last total solar eclipse visible from the U.S. mainland happened on Feb. 26, 1979, but this one is different. The eclipse’s ‘path of totality’ is completely within U.S. soil for the first time since 1776.

Y7Byv TIL Whale milk has the consistency of toothpaste.

mxLmO TIL that there is a shrew that evolved anti-crush defense and can withstand force 1000 times its weight unharmed

DQgGg TIL the use of the letters Q, X and W in official documents, including for people's names, used to be illegal in Turkey and punishable with two to six months of prison time. The ban was enacted in 1928 and lifted only nine years ago in 2013