Post * QJ7wL — Curious Curator

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TIL in Japan it is considered rude to tip staff at restaurants, as it's considered an act of pity

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KdmJ TIL that an orangutan named Fu Manchu repeatedly escaped from his cage using a key he had created from a piece of wire. He would hide the key throughout the entire day in his mouth, prohibiting his zookeepers from finding it.

P1E0e TIL about London's "Frost Fairs" back when the river Thames used to freeze over about once a decade. People would set up shops, pubs and ice skating rinks on a layer of ice thick enough you could walk an elephant on it. The last fair was held in 1814, that was the last time the river ever froze.

e0L4D TIL FAA regulations prohibit airline pilots from talking about subjects that are unrelated to safely conducting their flight while taxiing and while flying below 10,000 feet altitude

DQEPp TIL Alan Turing's father was in the Indian Civil Service and his mother was the daughter of the chief engineer of Madras Railways. Alan's parents met and married in India, although he was born in the UK.

9waD TIL that a chinese empress was found perfectly preserved, with liquid blood, complete organs and flexible limbs. She had been buried 50 feet underground, in 20 layers of silk, 4 coffins, and 5 tons of charcoal.