Post * KLWw — Curious Curator

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TIL the plastic used to make Legos is the same type of plastic used to make hard hats

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R7E6 TIL that Clara Hughes is the only person to have won multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics

lobRK TIL that along with 20 people, two dogs were accused of witchcraft and executed by hanging during the Salem Witch Trials

omWE TIL Germany builds about twice as much cars as the U.S. while paying its workers twice as much

nWEZG TIL Wilt Chamberlain is the reason for players to stay behind the foul line when shooting a free throw. In college, thanks to his 7’ height, 7’8” wingspan, and 50” vertical, he would start from top of the key, leap before the foul line, and dunk the ball before he touched the ground in the lane.

5pN8 TIL The Nobel Peace Prize can not be awarded to a dead person. The prize was not awarded in 1948 because there was “no suitable living candidate” as Gandhi was recently assassinated.