Post * 9wDbB — Curious Curator

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TIL of paper towns and trap streets, a technique where mapmakers and publishers of encyclopedias and dictionaries hide fake data within real information in order to determine if someone has plagiarized their work

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wLZjE TIL strengths (9 letters) is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.

Xo5R TIL that the farmers of Hanyuan, China, are forced to pollinate pear trees by hand because all the bees died off.

E1990 TIL there is paper made out of stone which is water proof, recyclable and works with inkjet printers

OoQGg Til while Simon Pegg was in rehab for alcoholism, the tabloids would ring up pretending to be his mother, to get a story off the clinic.

Dkvr TIL of The Shaggs, a tone deaf and musically inept musical group from the 60s who were formed by their father, who was convinced they would one day become famous. They produced one album, Philosophy of the World, that, over time, became a highly sought after oddity by record collectors.