Post * Qb5X — Curious Curator

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TIL PayPal & MasterCard pulled services for WikiLeaks, but not Neo-Nazi groups (video contains swearing)

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v1o6L TIL that when songwriter John Loudermilk's 1956 song "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" became a huge hit, the manufacturer sent him a custom 100 lb Baby Ruth candy bar, which he took to an orphanage and they cut it up with an ax to distribute to the children.

ADR07 TIL that all current Syrian hamsters are descended from two siblings that mated in a 1930s laboratory. The other lab hamsters were all eaten by their mother/sibling, killed with cyanide or escaped.

0w80p TIL Toy Story Woody's signature line "There's a snake in my boot!" is a euphemism for alcoholic hallucinations.

Ym0r TIL that women in Ancient Egypt and 18th century France used to keep a scented pouch in their vagina for a while before presenting it to a prospective lover.

QnY9 TIL shortly before the great exodus from Digg, the company laid off 37% of its staff and installed an interim CEO.