Post * E1gRd — Curious Curator

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TIL Despite New York City's expensive cost of living, you can still buy 0.99¢ pizza at over a dozen places.

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AD6Ag TIL there is an international standard for writing the date called ISO 8601, that uses the format YYYY-MM-DD. Although it has been around since 1988, very few countries actually use it.

RWX9 TIL twenty years ago Australian aboriginal suicide rates were equivalent to the national rate but now they are three fold, and in some regions spates of suicide have reached 100 times the national average.

9YgEr TIL Red lenses binoculars were developed for hunting purpose. Hunting binoculars are coated in a way that makes the prey appear distinct in foliage and it does the job by blocking out red and making other colours prominent

49eR TIL Fatal familial insomnia is a neurodegenerative disease eventually resulting in a complete inability to sleep. Many patients go six to nine months without sleep, during which time they develop dementia and become unresponsive. Death follows

4kOjg TIL Michael J. Fox was the voice actor for the lead bulldog ‘Chance’ in the movie Homeward Bound