Post * K8XQ — Curious Curator

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TIL people in the U.S. without insurance will sometimes buy antibiotics for fish as they are the same grade and dosage as human antibiotics but do not require a prescription.

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xjmw TIL Pavlov’s dogs were eaten during the Siege of Leningrad

R7w7w TIL The Starbucks at the CIA headquarters protects the identities of its CIA patrons by never writing any names on the drinks, putting workers through intense background check processes, and not using reward cards in fear of the data of the card befalling into the wrong hands.

GQog TIL U.S. Military Working Dogs have ranks: they are always one rank above their handler, so that hurting one intentionally would have the same consequences as striking an officer

oBNoY TIL Keanu Reeves was forced to star in the critically-derided film The Watcher (2000) due to the fact a friend forged his signature on the contract agreement

PRBn TIL the city of Whynot, North Carolina has it’s name because as residents were arguing over a name for the city, some bloke stood up and said “Why not name the town Why Not and let’s go home?” And so they did.