Post * GAZrg — Curious Curator

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TIL Аustraliаn орium fаrmers found mystеrious crор сircles in their fiеlds. The сulprits were wаllаbies who got high and buоnced around in сircles

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p8dJQ TIL Chinese goverment banned Taylor Swift's merchandise during her 1989 tour, because the reference to that year conjured images of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest. Also, Swift's initials. T. S., printed on some of her merch, happen to be initials for Tiananmen Square

O9XX TIL Eye movement in music reading is an extremely complex phenomenon that involves a number of unresolved issues in psychology. Despite some 30 studies in this area over the past 70 years, little is known about the underlying patterns of eye movement in music reading.

6XMZ TIL If you order your steak well-done in a restaurant you are more likely to get low-quality, throw-away meat.

e0mmb TIL that the practice of playing music for callers on hold began with a faulty phone line connection. A loose wire touching the steel frame of an office building caused it to act as a giant radio receiver, allowing callers to hear music from local radio stations while they waited on hold.

P17EO TIL that a women's suffrage activist named Virginia Minor sued in court in the 1870s to secure women the right to vote, based on the 14th Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause. In 1875, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled against her in the Minor v. Happersett case.