Post * J1r78 — Curious Curator

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TIL of Pre-Code Hollywood, a period between the invention of sound in films and creation of the MPA, which produced socially-progressive and anti-capitalist films in the 1920s before Republican & Catholic-led censorship

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m1RdE TIL that Aspirin can cause Reye’s Syndrome to users 18 & under which is a rare disorder that causes brain and liver damage.

d5ed TIL that around 60% of publicly traded companies in the US are incorporated in Delaware, where they enjoy tax-haven like benefits without having to go offshore. There’s also one building that serves as the legal address of more than 200,000 companies, amongst which include KFC and Coca Cola.

YgEv TIL that in the 1950’s The United States military launched 480 million copper needles into space, effectively creating an artificial ionosphere. The needles were meant to be used to facilitate global communication. It was called Project West Ford.

GXoJ TIL that Kim Peek, the inspiration for the movie Rain Man, was a savant born with significant brain damage who has read over 12,000 books and remembers everything he’s read in them. He reads two pages at once, one with each eye, and remembers it all.

9oBD TIL that across all the European countries fighting in WWII, only three national capitals were never occupied: Moscow, London and Helsinki.