Post * B0Ox — Curious Curator

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TIL Johnny Carson never talked to close colleague Joan Rivers again after she got her own show, and actively sought to sink her career.

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xJrg TIL Shoulder injuries are more common in Crossfit than in Olympic weightlifting and 73.5% of CrossFit athletes had sustained an injury that had prevented them from working, training or competing.

neYPb TIL That the first-ever product recall of a food because of its genetically engineered ingredients was when Taco Bell brand taco shells were pulled from stores after tests confirmed the presence of an ingredient not approved for human consumption.

9YZvX TIL of Philippe Servaty, a Belgian journalist who photographed himself having sex with over 80 girls in Morocco after having promised to take them to Europe. He then he ditched them and published the photos online. Many of the women were incarcerated, killed, or committed suicide.

b6B8Q TIL: In the 1950s, the Army to built a bunker close to Washington DC so that Congress could go there if there was a nuclear attack. Engineers built a facility 700 ft below a golf course - 2 stories and over 100,000 sq ft - kept secret until 1992, when the Washington Post revealed its existence.

kO6Vd TIL that there is an ongoing dispute over ownership of the Budweiser trademark between two beer companies, one from the Czech Republic and one from the United States. The dispute has been ongoing since 1907 and has involved more than 100 court cases around the world.