Post * QJWk9 — Curious Curator

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TIL that the founder of Taco Bell originally ran a hamburger stand, but switched to tacos because he couldn't compete with a hamburger stand nearby. That stand was the first McDonald's.

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j6NXR TIL That Harold Ross — co-founder and editor of The New Yorker magazine — dropped out of school at 13. He edited every issue of the magazine from the first until his death—a total of 1,399 issues.

AD84a TIL That 0.4 percent of Iceland is covered by Alaskan Lupine, an invasive species brought in 1945 as ground-cover in a bid to ‘revegetate’ the country

VM8Qm TIL that a woodpecker twists its head and opens its beak on each impact to be able to remove itself from the hole. If it didn't, its beak would become stuck like a nail hammered into wood

RkM6 TIL that blue lighting in public restrooms prevents heroin users from finding veins and shooting up

LPKm TIL 1,140 people have been diagnosed with cancer as a result of “exposure to toxins at Ground Zero” from 9/11. Over 1,400 9/11 rescue workers who responded to the scene in the days and months after the attacks have since died.