Post * Oob9a — Curious Curator

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TIL The Laughing Cow®, Con Bò Cười in Vietnamese, captures 85% of Vietnam's cheese market share

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LQjn0 TIL that Venice was built on a foundation of about 10,000,000 underwater wooden logs. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of Venice

RNJ9 TIL the Irish Famine was effectively a genocide of the Irish people instigated by the British establishment. Even though the common Irish person was starving, tons of food were exported every day out of the country.

P1aoL TIL The lifespan of seagulls is about 20 years and it takes 4 years for them to acquire their normal white plumage. Therefore, seagulls that steal food are usually skilled criminals.

RZv7 TIL when he became President Eisenhower allowed his son to serve in the Korean war only on one condition: that he promise never be captured alive

ZpV4Q TIL a woodchuck doesn't chuck wood, it chucks dirt. A woodchuck chucks 700 pounds of dirt. What the dirt-to-wood ratio is, I don't know.