Post * ADK6a — Curious Curator

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TIL the plague that wiped out 50% of 14th Century Europe was never really eradicated. There is an average of 7 cases of plague every year in the US. The disease usually spreads through flea bites or by eating tainted meat. It usually hits the rural west of the US. (2:04)

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MeWjA TIL that the Ghostface mask was developed for novelty Halloween stores between the 1991/92 season by Fun World employee Brigitte Sleiertin as part of a "Fantastic Faces" series. It was eventually discovered by film producer Marianne Madalena and became the mask for the killer of the Scream films.

8e7gX TIL that in Boggle, the only two Fs and the only K are on the same cube, making it impossible to spell any word containing both F and K. Combining B and J is impossible for the same reason.

DZeD TIL Sir William Henry Bragg and his son, William Lawrence Bragg is the only father and son to share a Nobel Prize in physics.

6EWaY TIL that about 1 in 600 people have a single horseshoe-shaped, fused super kidney. This congenital condition often goes undiscovered as it is asymptomatic.

jLjE TIL that Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing is made by Clorox and you can cheaply buy it in 20lb bags of powder that turn into 100 gallons of dressing.