Post * VMW50 — Curious Curator

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TIL that some San Francisco streets are named after Gold Rush-era prostitutes

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wdkJ TIL that in North Korea you are forced to choose one of 28 government-approved haircuts.

4XGQ5 TIL the 'Landlady' from Kung Fu Hustle, played by actress Yuen Qiu, studied under the same master as Jackie Chan at the Peking Opera School.

4XKOR TIL that Theodore Roosevelt's mother died at age 49 and less than twelve hours later, his wife Alice died from what was diagnosed as acute kidney disease. In his diary that night, the twenty-six-year-old Theodore placed a large X, along with the simple words “The light has gone out of my life.”

wonZY TIL there is a form of Greek sculpture called the herma that consists of a head, an uncarved block, a phallus and testicles

gM1vy TIL Eleanor Roosevelt held weekly press conferences and allowed female journalists to attend, forcing many news organizations to hire their first female reporters