Post * OooPY — Curious Curator

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TIL that Wyoming has more Electoral votes (3) than it has pairs of escalators.

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P1KgV TIL that on the 1985 Santana album Beyond Appearances both the drummer and keyboardist were men named Chester Thompson. The album is notable for being one of the few with two musicians of the same name in the same band.

rraW TIL a man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting with intent to kill and robbery requested that his sentence was extended to 33 years, to match Larry Bird’s NBA jersey number. The request was granted.

yQXPl TIL that in 1998, the cast of Half Baked and the cast of Dirty Work shared a hotel, leading to Bob Saget's cameo in Half Baked

5YX6r TIL Ancient Egypt already had physicians with specialities, like 'shepherd of the anus' or 'doctors of the tooth'

WkJ08 TIL about Francisco Boix who not only survived Mauthausen concentration camp. He also managed to save thousands of negatives that would later be used as photographic evidence documenting the atrocities. He even helped convict nazis at the Nuremberg trials using his evidence.