Post * D1LeP — Curious Curator

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TIL that Ricky Gervais started a New Wave group in thr early 80's called Seona Dancing. Their song "More To Lose" was a huge hit in The Philippines but the group only lasted two years before breaking up.

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XEkxD TIL Watermelon is an extremely popular food in Japan, often given as gifts and used in a game called "suikawari". Square and rectangle watermelon sell for $300 and are not eaten as they take years to get the shape just right.

BEXK TIL that the McCollough effect is a type of optical illusion with after effects lasting up to 3 months following 15 minutes of exposure. Also, if you only view it with one eye you’ll still get the effect in the other eye, indicating that the effect takes place in the brain and not the eyes.

jNQNp TIL the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan shifted the main island of the country by 8 feet and the planet's axis by 4 inches

wLBwP TIL: Louis XIV became king at the age of four; however, he was initially under the guardianship of his mother. Louis XIV was given the nicknames "Sun King" or "The Great". When he died on September 1, 1715, after 72 years of kingship, he was one of the longest reigning monarchs in modern history.

nWjPW TIL of a Spokane fraudster who ran a car accident insurance fraud scheme that involved many conspirators. He would fake car crashes that involved ramming the cars himself, inflicting injuries on selected fake victims, with them even carrying bottles of urine to pour over themselves for the act.