Post * LQNmV — Curious Curator

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TIL that some countries imposed a Beard Tax and a token was required to be carried in public to show that it had been paid.

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Zpw7v TIL that Chinese emperors' daily lives are not as free and as opulent as one may imagine.

ne6dP TIL In 1927 Santa Clause was officially given a pilots license and airway maps from the Department of Commerce

YDVA TIL that in 16th century England, beggars, thieves and other criminals developed their own language known as “thieves’ cant” in order to keep law enforcement from learning about their plans or habits

wLxm7 TIL that the women who work in the garment recycling industry in India have a theory that because of a water shortage in the West, it must be cheaper to buy new clothes than to wash them. This explains why so many clothes are discarded barely worn. (Link fixed)

mxZMo TIL that approximately 1.6 million people of Japanese descent live Brazil. The largest Japanese population outside of Japan.