Post * BR9K — Curious Curator

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TIL: Repeats of the 180-episode sitcom Seinfeld has generated over $3 billion in syndication royalties.

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LpDd TIL that in 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.

neZA9 TIL that there is a forest in France with wild wallabies. The Australian marsupials, which resemble small kangaroos, escaped from an enclosure in the 70s and have been thriving in the wild ever since.

NNlb TIL that Mitsubishi’s total revenue is about 10% of Japan’s GDP

yoV TIL NASA spending has a 14:1 return on investment to the economy

lo4ON TIL: Carrie, Stephen King's first novel that launched his career, was rescued from the trash can after his wife Tabatha removed the crumpled up pages, read them and told her husband she wanted to know the rest of the story