Post * VMOjQ — Curious Curator

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TIL With huge financial incentives from the United States, Egypt's Mubarak remained committed to the Camp David treaty, despite misgivings about dealing with Israel. To keep the peace at home, Mubarak instituted emergency laws to protect Egypt's stability and security

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E1jj7 TIL about the Japanese national pillow fighting tournament. The pillow fighters start by pretending to sleep on futons. But when the whistle sounds, they spring to their feet and race to get a pillow. A mix between dodgeball and chess, teams throw pillows at each other while protecting the 'King'.

DQBOe TIL that there is a clear iPhone

Bnlx TIL that both the Atlantic Magazine and Rolling Stone ran an obituary for Richard Nixon penned by Hunter S. Thompson. The title? He Was A Crook.

p7ZO TIL that Bruce Lee could snatch a dime off a person’s open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind

8aL0b TIL The only astronomically aligned, full-scale, intact replica Stonehenge in natural stone is Esperance Stonehenge in Australia. It cost about about A$250,000 to build and was recently on the market for A$2.1M.