Post * LkZk9 — Curious Curator

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TIL: Northern India uses Naan and Southern India prefers rice and use different spices and styles.

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vPXAx TIL that the official multi-nation search for the doomed MH 370 aircraft was the largest and most expensive aviation search in history. 19 vessels and 345 aircraft sorties combed 4.6 million square kilometers of the Southern Indian Ocean for an approximated cost of US$155 million.

9YrRm TIL Pope Francis is the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church

yxkp TIL 3 scientific papers were published because of new knowledge gained about black holes in the rendering of scenes for the movie Interstellar

d8kBj TIL In 1973 when 16-year-old John Paul Getty III was kidnapped, his billionaire oil tycoon grandfather agreed to pay no more than $2.2 million—the maximum amount that was tax deductible—and lent the remainder to his son, who was responsible for repaying the sum at four percent interest.

NMrJ TIL For years an American magician named William Robinson masqueraded as a Chinese performer named Chung Ling Soo. He never spoke English in public until he was fatally shot during a performance of his bullet catch trick. His only words on stage; “Oh my God. Something’s happened. Lower the curtain.”