Post * NwYN — Curious Curator

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TIL that the world’s largest cocaine producer is Peru. It has dethroned Colombia.

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DQo1r TIL: The last surviving widow of the American Civil War passed away in 2021. In 1936, 17 year old Helen Jackson secretly married 93 year old Civil War veteran James Bolin. He passed away just three years later. Helen would live to the age of 101.

Wkm4o TIL President Abraham Lincoln had dreams that sort of predicted his own death. Previous to April 15, 1865, the day he was assassinated, Lincoln had dreams he was standing by a casket next to a soldier. He would ask the soldier ‘who died’ and the soldier would reply, “The President”.

8aDYX TIL that 3% of all movies in the 1960s featureed quicksand

R7Er1 TIL while "instant mashed potatoes" tend to be associated with modern and instant foods, the process of drying and grinding starchy vegetables for storage goes back to ancient times. The Incas made a freeze-dried potato food called chuño and Japanese Ainu cuisine also uses ground and dried potatoes.

pBXO TIL that Jackie Chan was in his mothers womb for 12 months resulting in him weighing over 12 pounds!