Post * R7A94 — Curious Curator

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TIL at one point, Best Western tried expanding east of the Mississippi river using the name "Best Eastern".

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yWj8 TIL there is a German children’s book from 1845 about three boys teasing a dark-skinned boy. To teach them a lesson, Saint Nicolas dips the three boys in black ink, to make them even darker-skinned than the boy they’d teased.

d8VW7 TIL that the extra fabric in the crotch of women's panties is called a gusset, and its meant to help keep sensitive skin dry and ventilated.

kJZR1 TIL about Hans Steininger, the mayor of Braunau am Inn, (now in Austria) who died in 1567 after tripping over his own 4.5-foot beard during a town fire panic. Normally tucked in a pocket, the beard came loose, leading him to fall down some stairs and break his neck.

JYZJk TIL there exists a separate time zone on the moon. It’s called Lunar Standard Time (LST) and the calendar started on July 21st, 1969 at 02:56:15 UT, the moment Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon.

0waE1 TIL the shape of bagels came from Europe centuries ago. One theory is that Jews in 13th century Poland were allowed to boil (but not bake) bread, and the shape distinguished the bread. But that's not the whole story, modern food science proves the shape increases cooking surface area and chewiness.