Post * LQg5V — Curious Curator

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TIL That Neil Hope, the actor who played 'Wheels' on the first two Degrassi series, died in 2007 and his death was not discovered by his family and cast mates until almost five years later.

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ADo0l TIL Bill gates purchased the Leonardo da Vinci's Codex for $30,802,500. Three years later he had its pages scanned into digital image files, some of which were later distributed as screen saver and wallpaper files on a CD-ROM as part of a Microsoft Plus! for Windows so everyone could enjoy them.

W7Gp4 TIL Swedish Fish manufactured in North America can't be imported into Europe because it doesn't meet European food safety standards

VBBNk TIL that the color magenta technically doesn’t exist — it does not match a particular wavelength of light, and the shade you perceive is a trick of the brain

VMw8G TIL It's nearly impossible to read in your dreams due to the inactivity of those parts of the brain while asleep.

Q6PL TIL that despite its reputation as being a rainy city, London receives less rain in a year than Rome, Naples or Sydney.