Post * LQ7Pm — Curious Curator

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TIL about Bowie Bonds, securities backed by David Bowie's pre-1990 albums. They paid 7.9% interest with a 10-year average life, beating the 6.37% return on 10-year Treasuries at the time. But with the rise of music piracy, Moody's downgraded them from A3 to Baa3, just above junk status.

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P1jxG TIL that on the Ides of March 1953 there was an attempt to contact extraterrestrials via mass telepathic transmission of a welcome message. Later the message became the basis for a song by the group Klaatu which was then covered by pop group The Carpenters

kONwm TIL that the Medici Family build a elevated walkway in Florence in 1565 just to avoid contact with the common people. They even connected it to their private lodge at the Felicica Church and moved the Ponte Vecchio meat market to avoid the smells.

E1Y4W TIL Minesweeper and Solitaire were added to Windows back in the 3.1 days, to train mouse discipline without the users even realizing they were learning. Solitaire was added to teach users how to Drag and Drop, Minesweeper taught using the right/left mouse buttons and mouse precision/control

J1wn8 TIL The scientific name for the famous Corpse Flower (a very large flowering plant that blooms only once every 7-10 years and releases an unbearable scent of feces and rotting flesh) is Amorphophallus titanum, which in Latin translates roughly to "giant, shapeless dick."

VBJnQ TIL that monkeys not only understand money, but can also budget, differentiate prices and choose between safe or risky earnings --behaving pretty much identical to humans.