Post * R5VD7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that only 1 in 10 American adults are eating enough fruits and vegetables

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xVbv1 TIL that in Sweden, a single anonymous phone call to the tax authority is enough to find out what someone has paid and tabloids often publish lists of the highest earners in different neighborhoods.

lyjr TIL that in 1965, “Slumber Party” Barbie dolls came with a diet book entitled “How to Lose Weight” telling her “Don’t eat!” and a bathroom scale set at 110 lbs.

BggXW TIL in the 60s, Lady Bird Johnson persuaded her husband to steer a bill through Congress titled The Beautification Act of America. As a result from this law, the insulators, arresters, and transformers on electric poles were painted sky blue/grey.

d8mp8 TIL that the phenomenon of "good" people excusing their bad behavior is an actual thing: moral licensing.

8eJMZ TIL that before becoming famous as a General in the Union Army, William T. Sherman was the first superintendent of Louisiana State Seminary, which went on to become Louisiana State University.