Post * Kv8a — Curious Curator

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TIL that Philip J Fry from Futurama is named after Matt Groening’s father “Homer Philip Groening”, not after Phil Hartman.

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kJovm TIL the Māori won a lawsuit against Legos because of Bioncles

loenA TIL that, in America, before TV was on 24 hours, there was a nightly sign off where the Star Spangled Banner was played and an image of the American flag was shown before the TV cut to static.

7Xn7 TIL that the Bill Gates backed company Impossible Foods has created a burger patty that tastes, sizzles, and bleeds like real meat, made entirely from plant matter.

OonN1 TIL during the 18th century, those who could not afford the three-pence admission to the London Zoo could supply a cat or dog instead to be fed to the lions.

wme1 TIL Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.