Post * XE5JP — Curious Curator

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TIL that Nearly Half Of Deployed US Soldiers Drink 1 Energy Drink Per Day

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b6g77 TIL that in the early 20th Century, Chicken was considered a spring delicacy in the USA, raised seasonally by Farm Wives. Then during WWII, red meat was heavily rationed and Chicken Farming became industrialized. In 1930, average Americans ate 10 lbs of Chicken annually. Now we eat 64 lbs annually.

mdoR TIL in 1961 the US accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on a small town in North Carolina. It was 1 low voltage switch away from actually detonating.

MxGB TIL Scrooge McDuck was the first image to ever be displayed on a Macintosh

xapD TIL that domestic violence is perpetrated by the woman as much as the man and that women are more likely to use a weapon and kill male children.

GAom1 TIL: A study in 2009 randomly selecting people with beards, mustaches, and clean-shaven found that mustached individuals made 8.2% more money than the bearded and 4.3% more than cleanshaven. However, they spent 11% more money. The study was funded by the American Mustache Institute.