Post * MeLW0 — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that there are people who are paid to literally help other people clean up their junk.

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kLlW TIL a man broke into an Amish schoolhouse, killed 10 girls, and then commited suicide. The Amish forgave the killer, set up a charitable fund for the killer’s family, and 30 members of the Amish community attended the killer’s funeral.

78onM TIL in 1967, gay rights activist John Nichols appeared in an NBC documentary called The Homosexuals. He used the pseudonym "Warren Atkins". His father was an FBI agent and feared he would lose his security clearance if they found out his son was gay, to the point of threatening to kill him.

8abnG TIL: Unknown song, unofficially called "Egyptian Wife", does anyone know the official title and author?

GY1XN TIL that in the 1920s and 30s, Goo Goo Clusters were advertised as “a nourishing lunch for a nickel” because the main health concern at the time was caloric intake, and candy was seen as a form of inexpensive nourishment.

ADX64 TIL that Honeycrisp apples have much larger cells than other apples, giving them extra flavor and crunch.