Post * NX0OE — Curious Curator

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TIL People who work with cockroaches often develop an allergic reaction to the insects and at the same time develop an allergic reaction to pre-ground coffee from the insects which also get ground with the beans at the factory.

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rRjeW TIL the song "My way" is banned in many Filipino bars after the "My Way killings"

mxE6P TIL An 8 months Pregnant Mary Turner protested the lynching of her innocent husband Hayes Turner by a White mob in 1918 and threatened to have them arrested. In order to “teach her a lesson”, she and her unborn child were brutally murdered. No one was charged.

R70m6 TIL The island of Ni‘ihau in Hawaii was privately purchased for $10,000 in 1864 and has been passed down within the family. Instead of profiting off of the resources, the owners keep the island secluded and protected. The island has a population of over 150 natives.

N7meQ TIL: When you cremated someone, the cremains are not ash but the bones grinded down to dust.

E4W0 TIL Hunter S. Thompson’s ashes were fired from a cannon on top of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button while Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” played. There were also fireworks and the whole thing was funded by Johnny Depp.