Post * DbQJ — Curious Curator

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TIL Monopoly was originally a game designed to warn against the power of landlords and how they could make money for essentially doing nothing. It was a warning against unbridled capitalism and the wealth inequality it creates.

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wLAmY TIL there are several philosophical razors--not just Occam's Razor (simpler explanations are likely correct). One is called Newton's Flaming Laser Sword because it is, "Much sharper and more dangerous than Occam's Razor." It states that what cannot be settled by experiment ought not be debated.

7r5rL TIL that when nazis invaded Greece, the staff of the Archaeological Museum in Athens buried all statues and artifacts in concrete fortified trenches stretching from the basement. The nazis found an empty museum. No one gave away the secret.

rN5Kd TIL about Zone Rouge, an uninhabitable area of land in France 1,200 square km large that in 1918 was deemed too damaged by lead, mercury, chlorine and arsenic shells from WW1 to be repopulated. At the current rate of recovery, it will take 700 years to make the whole area safe

4X7GJ TIL The Tender Years Doctrine (generally regarded as the age of four and under), presumed in a divorce that the mother should have custody of the child. The law remained in place until the late 20th Century.

J19Mk TIL W.E.B. Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, a predominantly white town that was unusually tolerant for its time. He was the only Black child in school but received support from white teachers and classmates, who even helped fund his education.