Post * N7YJ — Curious Curator

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TIL that if you go anywhere outside the US border, when you return the government can detain you for as long as they want, as well as search and seize any of your property they want, an activity American citizens are supposed to be protected from by the 4th Amendment to the Constitution.

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p8yXQ TIL that the name "cola" for the beverage originated from the "kola" nut used to make caffeinated beverages in Africa

5V7yP TIL that, of the top 20 all-time NHL point leaders, none are American (17 are Canadian), and of the top 40 only 2 are American (32 are Canadian)

Qy5e TIL: Freddie Mercury was Indian and took much pride in this, though it is generally over shadowed by him being an iconic British Rockstar

4XaE5 TIL that actor Ed O'Neill, famous for his role as TV's Al Bundy, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969. He was cut in training camp.

jNwvR TIL that while modern child-proof lids were invented in 1967, archaeologists discovered a container nearly 20 years later that was opened using a similar twist-off method. The vessel was found in the Mayan ruins of Río Azul in Guatemala and dated back to 500 BCE. It contained chocolate.