Post * R7Z9 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Japan’s Yakuza provided relief for the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami and 1995 Kobe earthquake faster than their own government

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jXma TIL Jif natural peanut butter has to be labeled as “peanut butter spread” because it doesn’t meet the FDA requirements for peanut content–its “non-peanut ingredients” exceed 10 percent.

mMrP TIL Joel Youngblood is the only player in MLB to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day.

OXjL TIL John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

G7E1 TIL that the 27-year partner of Sally Ride, the first American woman and youngest American ever to travel in space, is denied benefits because of the Defense of Marriage Act

d8EZQ TIL that filming for the movie Gone Girl was shut down for 4 days because Ben Affleck, a Boston Red Sox fan, refused to wear a New York Yankees cap for one scene. The director and Affleck eventually agreed on a New York Mets hat instead.