Post * PpQO — Curious Curator

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TIL that Jenna Jameson had her own ‘American Idol’ style TV show where porn actresses would perform sexual acts for judges.

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Og9R TIL that a Belgian beer club proposed to substitute beer instead of soft drinks on school menus to prevent childhood obesity.

rQQy TIL that when the Queen dies, the BBC will cancel all comedy shows until after the funeral

ADpX7 TIL that the tradition of US presidents serving only two terms was started by Thomas Jefferson, not George Washington, and the myth that it was Washington's idea was started by Jefferson himself

N7E6N TIL that workers in Cuban cigar factories in the early 1900s employed 'lectores' to read to them while they worked. The reading materials were often literary or political, ranging from socialists newspapers to Shakespearean plays - sometimes leading to clashes with anti-communist factory owners.

9YoZ7 TIL of les UX an underground organization that improves hidden corners of Paris. Their work includes restoring the Pantheon clock, building a cinema – complete with a bar and a restaurant – in a section of the Paris Catacombs and restoring medieval crypts. The group's membership is largely secret.