Post * X5Nj — Curious Curator

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TIL that Doug’s neighbors on the 90’s cartoon Doug were named Mr. and Mrs. Dink because “DINK” means Double Income No Kids.

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d8y1E TIL a study led by John Pachankis has found gay and bisexual men experience more stress from dating than their straight counterparts.

QbOk TIL in a German village called Fuggerei the rent hasn’t been raised since 1520, it costs only 88 cents to live there for an entire year.

gr91b TIL that the original video for the Village People's YMCA did not have the iconic hand dance spelling out "YMCA." The dance was invented on Dick Clark's American Bandstand. The original did have a gesture that looked like a Y at the appropriate place.

R59N6 TIL in 1959, thirty TV Westerns aired during prime time in the US; none had been canceled that season, while 14 new ones had appeared. In one week in March 1959, eight of the top ten shows were Westerns. In addition, an estimated $125 million in toys based on TV Westerns were sold that year.

4kgEX TIL: The current estimated time that it would take to free fall to the center of the earth is 38 minutes and 11 seconds.