Post * ADrd — Curious Curator

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TIL there’s a biodegradable urn that contains a tree seed that absorbs the nutrients in your ashes. You can become a tree when you die!

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jN1Dv TIL that the microwave oven was invented by accident. In 1945, Percy Spencer, an American self-taught engineer, was working in a lab testing magnetrons, the high-powered vacuum tubes inside radars that produced microwaves, where he noticed a peanut butter candy bar in his pocket had begun to melt

oRwY7 TIL the show the adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1952-1966 has the most episodes of any live action sitcom ever 435

5VyLR TIl That Burma Dictator Ne Win announced the demonetisation of the 25, 35, and 75 kyat notes, leaving only the 1, 5, and 10 kyat bills valid and replaced them with 45 and 90 bills, wiping out 60-80% of legal tender and peoples savings.

PBdE TIL that the American dream costs $130k a year if you live in an affordable area with one car payment.

oR4y8 TIL in the novel “No Country for Old Men” a San Antonio judge is mentioned being shot and killed. The judge was murdered by Woody Harrelson’s father; Harrelson would go onto play “Carson Wells” in the 2007 film adaptation