Post * D19vj — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that babies have almost 100 more bones than adults

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oBYYA TIL in 1999 that Royal Caribbean was accused of dumping oil and was caught providing falsified documents about it to the US Coast Guard. They then argued they were outside US jurisdiction since they were incorporated in Liberia (their HQ was/is in Miami)

PYr6E TIL toothpicks were popularized by Charles Forster who bought the patent & targeted stationers who would not buy them; hired Harvard students to go to those retailers and ask for toothpicks, who had to turn away customers. Forster would return to those stores and later sell billions.

Wa8o TIL a prospector in Oregon found a 16 ton meteorite on his neighbor’s land and dragged it almost a mile to his land to claim it as his own.

a6QL TIL Ex-Wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, has been accused of murder, torture, bribery, embezzlement and kidnapping, including that of a 14 yr old boy.

JNn4 TIL that as a child Muhammad Ali was refused an autograph from his boxing idol Sugar Ray Robinson. When Ali became a prized fighter he vowed to never deny an autograph request, which he honored through his entire career. He even had a special P.O. box for anyone who wanted his autograph.