Post * OKxa — Curious Curator

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TIL that a customer closed his million-dollar bank account after his bank refused to validate a 50c parking ticket

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wojLW TIL that early versions of Sudoku started appearing in French newspapers in the late 19th century, with the paper La France’s version called the “diabolical magic square”

RJRw TIL The military once used “dazzle” camouflage. The purpose was not to hide the ships from sight, but to use certain patterns to disorient enemy gunners.

NXBbQ TIL fairy dust was added to Peter Pan so that children wouldn't hurt themselves trying to fly when they got home from seeing the play.

4wNR TIL that unlike fruit, the term vegetable is not botanical, but is largely defined by culinary and cultural tradition.

W7x9Y TIL that, as recently as 34 years ago, water from the Great Salt Lake was pumped into the desert so that the lake water level would not get too high.