Post * N4mb — Curious Curator

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TIL that the very first phone number of the White House was “1”.

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d80gd TIL that deaf infants, and those born to deaf parents, “babble” using their hands during the language-acquisition period.

R5KLQ TIL that the Red River Floodway, a channel built in the 60's to protect Winnipeg, Canada from flood damage by diverting excess river flow around the city, was the second largest earth-moving project at the time, even more than the Suez Canal. It was surpassed only by the Panama Canal.

1GQ7 TIL that when the Prince Charles Cinema in London got tired of disruptive moviegoers, they hired “ninjas” to wear black morpsuits and wait in the back of the theater to scare anyone who is talking or texting

Bk7L TIL that millions of dollars worth of luxury cars are abandoned on the streets of Dubai

GbW4 TIL April 7th is National Beer Day because this is the date in 1933 that FDR signed the law that lifted Prohibition