Post * WkRJX — Curious Curator

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TIL that the north pole is actually the "magnetic south pole" and what we call the south pole is actually the "magnetic north pole". I've been living a lie my whole life.

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YMeZ TIL Ralph Lawrence Carr, Governor of Colorado, spoke out against the internment of the Japanese after Pearl Harbor, costing him his political career

e4VD TIL the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri has more shoreline than the coast of California

xVX9b TIL that Japanese people traditionally eat KFC for Christmas dinner, thanks to a successful marketing campaign 40 years ago. KFC is so popular that customers must place their Christmas orders 2 months in advance.

AJwg TIL: Syphillis destroyed so much of Al Capone’s brain, his doc and psychiatrist put Capone’s capabilities as being a 12-year old.

9wAAr TIL that Leonard Cohen didn’t gain any royalties from his 1968 song "Suzanne", and he only benefited from the song when he performed it live, as he signed away his rights to the song in a legal document deceptively presented to him which he did not read.