Post * DQEgP — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that from 1972 to 1994 the Office of Technology Assesment existed and functioned similarly to the FDA until it was defunded.

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7rGEP TIL that at a point, breathing in Delhi, India was equivalent to smoking 45 cigarettes a day.

yQlXV TIL that despite its name, West Virginia’s “New River” is one of the oldest rivers in the world. It cuts through the middle of the Appalachian Mountains, themselves a remnant from the supercontinent Pangea. This is because it is probably older than either.

rQ8o TIL a failed experiment of an 18 year old English chemist in search of a treatment for malaria in 1856 produced one of the world’s first synthetic dyes for the color purple, which severely impacted economic trade as some natural dyes were major commodities more valuable than silver or gold

JR0Q TIL that in 2010, Bill Murray walked into a bar with RZA and GZA of the Wu Tang Clan and started bartending. No matter what anyone ordered, he gave them shots of tequila.

gML5W TIL a TV station in Atlanta, Georgia once broadcast a story on a new kind of Krispy Kreme donut. The caption in the image behind the on-air reporter read, "So good you'll suck dick."