Post * WxXN — Curious Curator

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TIL that in Chinese-occupied Tibet, the Tibetan’s own language has been banned.

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WgxY TIL David Grohl dropped out of high school and doesn’t know how to read music, he plays his music by ear.

VMaO8 TIL The CIA used music as part of its interrogation program. Music would be played in a loop for hours on end to wear prisoners down, or to induce sleep deprivation. The one song that was near the very top of the torture list was the Meow Mix jingle.

oxgE TIL that there is a Stonehenge type megalithic stone, calender structure in the Sahara Desert, built around 6000 years ago

690nQ TIL around 25% of all mammal species are bats

PBWZ TIL in San Antonio, TX, lynchings used to be held in front of the San Fernando Cathedral until the priest cut the trees in which the hangings took place