Post * VKXD — Curious Curator

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TIL most of the world’s major waterways have been diverted or dammed or otherwise manipulated—in the United States, only two per cent of rivers run unimpeded.

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b6raN TIL There was a 26-year-old founder of the Farm Bank game (Ciftlik Bank in Turkish), Mehmet Aydin, who fled the country after scamming tens of thousands of people who invested in the game out of pocket for more than $100,000,000.

8eGxX TIL The world's largest burrito weighed 5,799.44 kg (12,785.576 lbs) and was achieved by CANIRAC La Paz, in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico on 3 November 2010. 54 restaurants spent 9 1/2 hours creating the 2.4 km (1.49 mi) burrito which was later enjoyed by thousands.

VBB8m TIL humans produce fewer tears as they get older

WXRN TIL Only two countries vote every year in the UN to oppose a resolution to lift the US economic embargo and other sanctions against Cuba: The USA and Israel.

16De8 TIL former US President Jimmy Carter (RIP) campaigned in an Allman Brothers Band t-shirt, studied Bob Dylan lyrics, and listened to Wille Nelson songs while dealing with the Iran Hostage Crisis. President Carter's son even smoked weed on the roof of the White House with Willie.