Post * OlM7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that from 1952 to 1956, billions of Kent Micronite cigarettes were sold with a filter made from asbestos. The new filter was marketed as “the greatest health protection in cigarette history.”

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5Vda9 TIL that Stuart Anders, the inventor of the slap bracelet, donated 200 of his original bracelets called the "Slap Wrap" to Florida elementary school students after they were given a Chinese knockoff brand which had inappropriate pictures printed on the metal beneath the bracelets' cloth wrapping.

ANl5o TIL about Cao Dai, a religion that combined the European spiritualist movement of the early twentieth century with indigenous Vietnamese beliefs, as well as details from other older religions. There are over 4 million members, but prosecution after the Vietnam War drove many into a global diaspora.

yQ1pM TIL that in 2005 scientists discovered a dinosaur tail preserved in amber. It was filled with feathers.

VBAdZ TIL That How Great Thou Art originally was a Swedish Christian hymn created by Carl Boberg

ADBOn TIL Samantha and Darrin Grand Marshalled the LA Pride Parade