Post * LkX7Z — Curious Curator

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TIL Sweden has the Worlds Second Highest Wealth Inequality in the World After the United States

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PYDkJ TIL Vegemite, a food spread made of leftover brewery yeast, was banned in some Australian prisons to prevent inmates from making moonshine. Also, because Vegemite's high concentration of ions and water can be used to conduct electricity, it's currently being researched to make edible medical sensors

Z8Jbp TIL that on NASA's Gemini XII flight, the computer docking system failed and Buzz Aldrin successfully calculated the docking trajectory using a sextant and a slide rule.

7rgN7 TIL Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf & a 15% stake in The Lord of the Rings trilogy because he 'never understood the script'. Had he accepted he'd have made $450 million for the role.

LkLdV TIL Eminem lied to his baby’s momma, Kim, and said they were going to Chuck E. Cheese in order to record Hailie’s (his daughter) part for the song “’97 Bonnie & Clyde.”

7KLO TIL that after observing how long guests would hold onto garbage before littering at other amusement parks, Walt Disney placed each trash can no more than 30 feet apart.