Post * J1nY4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that A widely watched Recession Indicator is the yield curve inversion, signifying economic concern when short-term interest rates surpass long-term rates. While historically associated with recessions, it's not infallible.

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Qm6a TIL Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise from It), Alexander Skarsgard (Tarzan from The legend of Tarzan) and Gustaf Skarsgard (Floki from Vikings) are the sons of Stellan Skarsgard (Erik Selvig from Thor, Good will Hunting).

DQN4j TIL English has been the first/native language of every US president except one. President from 1837 to 1841, Martin Van Buren's native/first language was Dutch.

OoPMa TIL the invention of the vibrator preceded the vacuum cleaner and electric iron by a decade, after doctors grew tired of having to manually climax the ‘hysteria’ out of women.

bxPE TIL Patrick Stewart was initially considered for the role of Data in Star Trek the Next Generation. Roddenberry did not want to cast Stewart as Picard, since he had envisioned an actor who was “masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair”.

a8kRN TIL that because of the many sieges and occupations it endured throughout its history, Malta has 5 national days, more than any other country in the world: Freedom Day (31 March), Sette Giugno (7 June), Victory Day (8 September), Independence Day (21 September) and Republic Day (13 December).