Post * NX0pb — Curious Curator

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TIL that the largest spider in the world, the Goliath Bird Eater, is edible and has been described as “shrimp-like”

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B7Vy TIL At $47 million a year, Judge Judy makes more money than every Supreme Court Justice combined times 10.

j6g5N TIL about Tsunami stones. They are ancient markers in Japan, often inscribed with warnings about past tsunamis. Placed after disasters, they advise future generations to build homes on higher ground to avoid deadly waves. Some date back centuries.

x6gJ1 TIL that sharpshooter Annie Oakley once shot a cigarette out of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s mouth during a performance in Germany.

ne4XP TIL college textbook prices have risen 1000% since 1977.

GYdE5 TIL that in 1997 the former president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial