Post * PWGO — Curious Curator

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TIL Portugal decriminalised the possession of all drugs for personal use in 2001. The reality is that Portugal’s drug situation has improved. Most notably, HIV infections and drug-related deaths have decreased, while the dramatic rise in use feared by some has failed to materialize.

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9YWQQ TIL of Hatshepsut, the first female ruler of ancient Egypt who acted as a full pharaoh. In art, she had herself depicted as a male ruler; she wore a false beard, had her breasts reduced and deemphasized, and her shoulders portrayed as broad and manly. She brought Egypt into a period of prosperity.

VM1Q0 TIL that Michael Keaton is actually Michael Douglas. He had to change his name because there was already a Michael Douglas.

7rWnX TIL George Washington mandated the creation of the Contingency Fund for Foreign Intercourse, a secret program comprising 12% of the U.S. government's budget which funded clandestine intelligence gathering missions in Europe, including spies and political subversion.

VBJgG TIL that in 2014 a teen actor portraying a zombie in a cornfield was accidently run over by a truck and killed but many of the patrons 'shooting' zombies from the truck thought it was just part of the ride

4lN5 TIL UK scientists discovered 3 new species of mushroom after buying dried porcini mushrooms from a local grocery store and testing them.