Post * QXxL — Curious Curator

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TIL in Iceland, there’s a traditional bread that you can bake in a pot by burying it in the ground near a hot spring.

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p8KWN TIL that Oktoberfest often has the majority of its days in September because the festival is usually 16 days long and its last day is traditionally on the 1st Sunday in October. In years where that day falls before October 3rd, it is extended to commemorate German Unity Day.

VMXVD TIL that Trader Joe's has a "try before you buy" policy - where employees will open nearly ANYTHING for you to sample

e1pg TIL in many US States, it takes less training to become a police officer than it does to become a barber or manicurist.

j6EJj TIL Mad World was originally by Tears For Fears and the Gary Jules version is a cover.

4kdQo TIL a naturally-occurring nuclear fission reactor once formed in an African uranium ore deposit and ran for thousands of centuries.