Post * BgRRb — Curious Curator

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TIL almost 70% of employed Saudi citizens work for the government, and many of those work for less than 1 hour per day.

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R7vd4 TIL that North Korea beat Italy at the 1966 World Cup 1-0 and reached the quarter-finals of the tournament but was eventually beaten by Portugal despite a strong showing

kOQZ7 TIL that during WW2 the British entertained the idea of building an aircraft carrier out of ice and wood pulp in order to fight German U-boats. They scrapped the idea after realizing they could just make airplanes fly farther instead. One admiral was accidentally shot during the development process.

aw9No TIL 26% of the current population was born during or after 2004

9XvD TIL NASA requires all astronauts to learn Russian language.

P19gG TIL Andrew Lloyd Webber's reaction to the film adaptation of his musical "Cats" was to get an emotional support dog.