Post * XE1R8 — Curious Curator

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TIL "Yellow Journalism" was a 1890's term for journalism that presented little or no legitimately researched news and instead used eye-catching headlines, sensationalism, and scandal-mongering.

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aRG9 TIL Zack Galifianakis bought an apartment for a homeless woman across the street from the laundromat she lived in. The story was made into a documentary movie

rRWYw TIL Abraham Lincoln suffered depression and avoided carrying knives, fearing he would use it on himself

7r1VP TIL about the reason of 'Florida Man'

nQoP TIL that more than 85% of Warsaw’s historic centre was reduced to ruins in the second world war; the city was then reconstructed from the 18th century cityscapes of the Venetian painter Bernardo Bellotto

Wd6o TIL that in 2001 a man created and installed a street sign above a highway after getting lost. The sign was left up for more than 8 years because it matched the other signs so perfectly.