Post * D8vY — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that 500,000 baseball bats are sold in Russia in a Year, but only one recorded sale of a baseball or gloves.

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pQPA TIL Swiss Made watches only need to be 60% made in Switzerland - and even this is a matter of interpretation. Parts and components are often manufactured in China and Taiwan.

x6Nmw TIL that cellulose, an anti-caking agent used in shredded cheese, is actually wood pulp. Cellulose does not provide any nutritional benefit, and companies have gone under fire for putting too much of it in their products.

PmdJ TIL The movie ‘Jaws’ was supposed to have a lot more shark in it. After experiencing daily technical problems with the mechanical shark, Steven Spielberg was forced to rewrite the script and focus more on the 'fear of the unknown’. It went on to become the highest grossing film of all time.

OGQe6 TIL That the color blue doesn’t exist in the animal or plant kingdoms, and is instead created by various optical illusions

e0DWL TIL your brain is able to make a decision for you seconds before you become aware of the fact that you are making a decision