Post * W79jN — Curious Curator

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Today I learned there was a Ferris Buehler TV show (1990) and Jennifer Anniston played Gini, Ferris' bossy sister.

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EgY4X TIL that the word "tornado" was banned in 1886 by the U.S. Army Signal Corps when issuing weather forecasts for fear of inducing panic in the public. The ban ended in 1952 when the Weather Bureau issued the first Tornado Watch.

QJ8k9 TIL that although bamboo are commonly refered as "bamboo trees", bamboo aren't trees at all. They are actually one of the largest members of the grass family.

4kAR5 TIL of the 'Berkeley Mafia' a group of University of California economists in Indonesia who were given technocratic positions under the Suharto dictatorship during the late 1960s. Their work focused on promoting free-market capitalism in Indonesia.

OGGb1 TIL The Mariana Trench was first discovered in 1951 by a British Survey ship.

KOLv9 TIL that the Allman Brothers Band's road manager murdered a club owner over $500, but was later declared not guilty by reason of insanity arguing that working for the hard-partying Allmans literally drove him crazy.