Post * 9wxX — Curious Curator

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TIL That you can watch the whole episode IV of Star Wars, in Command Prompt.

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wodE7 TIL about the old Blue Horizon Boxing Ring ( Once voted # 1 boxing venue in the world )

X0r18 TIL by 5th January 2023 @ 2pm the CEOs of UK's top 100 companies had made more than the entire yearly salary of an average full time worker.

eOv6 TIL: Even with the bare minimum of driver training on its use, the British roundabout has been proven to be at least 20% more efficient at moving traffic through an intersection than any other design

lodNa TIL That in July of 2000, the Taliban banned growing Poppies in Afghanistan, and succeeded in reducing production by 99%. This success was short lived however, ending when the Taliban was overthrown by the United States. Afghanistan poppies now account for roughly 90% of the global heroin trade.

rREO4 TIL a Japanese bomber pilot dropped four bombs on a small Oregon coastal town. The damp atmosphere meant the thermite bombs failed to explode. Years later the citizens of that town invited the pilot to their town. He accepted, and gave them a samurai sword as apology. It's still on display.