Post * Me1N0 — Curious Curator

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TIL Rabbits can smell their dead relatives in the feces of predators.

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4XO4g TIL of TABOR, the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which currently only exists in Colorado. It ties tax revenue increases to population & inflation, and larger increases have to be put to a vote. The author was named Douglas Bruce, and efforts to find work-arounds are known as "de-Brucing."

R7bo8 TIL the last claim under the 1866 Homestead Act, which entitled a person to free frontier land if they lived on it for five years and built a farm, was made on 80 acres near the Stony River in Alaska in 1979.

Rnrl TIL that the value of a human life as determined by the U.S. government is approx. $6 million

dd0Z TIL in his later years, Sir Isaac Newton was appointed to a largely symbolic (but paid) position at the Royal Mint. He took the job seriously and successfully prosecuted many counterfeiters for high treason. Those convicted were hanged, drawn and quartered

VM0V4 TIL Wendy's burgers are square and not circular because square patties had corners that stuck out so that customers could easily see the quality of the meat.