Post * MeKla — Curious Curator

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TIL More Than Half Of American Adults Still Have Their Childhood Stuffed Animal

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16l68 TIL that Connecticut-born Ann Petry was the first African-American woman to sell over 1 million copies of a book with her 1946 novel The Street.

O8yL TIL that actor Keanu Reeves gave up most of his Matrix money ($35 million dollars) to the special effects team, turning them all into millionaires.

1lnX TIL: No expert can verify the origins of Friday the 13th. But the first written references to its wickedness appear around the mid-19th century when William Fowler, a U.S. Army captain, founded the Thirteen Club — a group of 13 men in Manhattan devoted to proving the superstitions were false.

ErrV TIL an iron pillar in Delhi(made of 98% wrought iron) has stood for at least 1600 years without rusting or corroding.

GYnvQ TIL that the United States has only been at conflict-free for 43 of its 241 years of age, meaning only 17.8% of its existence have been truly peaceful.