Post * R9xQ — Curious Curator

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TIL in 2005 HIGH TIMES suggests moving 4:20 to 5:20: “When you’re working a 9-to-5 job, sometimes it’s worth waiting the extra hour.”

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QJVEp TIL that the modern-day hoodie was invented in the 1930s by Knickerbocker Knitting Company, which eventually became the brand 'Champion'

wLnEJ TIL in 1947, chess grandmaster Miguel Najdorf played a record 45 simultaneous games of blindfolded chess. He had no way of contacting any friends or family who might have survived the Holocaust, and broke the record in hopes they might see the news coverage. The record stood for 64 years.

YpbpW TIL there are no regulations on what side the fuel tank door is on cars, it’s simply chosen by how the car is put together.

b9BmQ TIL that the oldest discovered wheel was found in Slovenia's Ljubljana Marshes in 2002 and it's approximately 5,150 years old

jNeQv TIL that the Ancient Greeks would have treated the Illiad and the Odyssey as part of a series of eight books by various authors. However, only Homer's books have survived in full, perhaps because they were the most popular.