Post * PY4aw — Curious Curator

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TIL that during the 1950s, Louis Farrakhan had a brief career as a calypso singer.

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8ee5K TIL Harmonica Youth Orchestras were widespread for a decade starting in the mid 1920's thanks to the efforts of Philadelphia philanthropist Albert Hoxie.

wLyGP TIL Having two small children means on average someone is sick in a household 29 weeks out of the year, meaning the household has a sickness more often than it is healthy.

wLGo8 TIL The theme tune for Mr Bean is sung in latin and says "Behold the man, who is a bean"

R7vX9 TIL In March 2006 a man purchased an authentic official copy of the Declaration of Independence, one of 200 “official copies” commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820, for $2.48 at a Nashville, TN thrift shop. It later sold for $477,650 at auction.

0w1av TIL that Pespi once ran a promo in the Philippines such that bottle caps with the number "349" printed underneath would win ~$37,000. Unfortunately, a computer glitch printed 800,000 bottle caps with "349"