Post * Lkg6m — Curious Curator

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TIL North Korea is sitting on $6 trillion in mineral resources.

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0dEej TIL the international space station (ISS) took 10 years and 15 countries working together to assemble

Z8eja TIL that during WWII, the US government recalled all paper currency circulating in Hawaii and replaced it with notes stamped with "HAWAII". In the event of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii, all currency captured would be easily identifiable and would be rendered worthless.

W76XX TIL that somebody wrote a fake scientific paper that consisted almost entirely of the phrase “get me off your fucking mailing list”.

e0Vv5 TIL: Almost all the spiders you see in your home during the winter were actually born in your home

p8R6O TIL A U.S. Government Employee Ran a South Central LA Drug Ring in the 1980's; the DOJ Removed this finding from the CIA Inspector General Report before giving it to Congress -- U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters & Reporter Gary Webb Found a Secret Agreement that exempted the CIA from reporting Drugs