Post * XERYj — Curious Curator

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TIL of Lucky and Flo, two Labrador Retrievers who were the first animals trained to detect optical discs by scent, in order to sniff out DVDs. After a raid on a bootleg DVD ring in Malaysia, reports said the dogs were now targeted by the DVD pirates and that a bounty had been put on their heads.

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j6yDa TIL that Wajda's classic "Ziemia obiecana"/"Promised Land" was supposed to be distributed in USA, but according to Wajda distributors there bought the rights only to keep the film out of cinemas. Scorsese's 2013 Festival described it as "one of the most important critiques of predatory capitalism".

gAa7 TIL France produces 75% of their electricity with nuclear power. US produces 60% more than France, but it accounts for only 19% of US electricity production.

DQAwV TIL that in 1941 a group of free-thinkers gathered together in a cabin in the woods to perform a black magic ritual to kill Adolf Hitler - and they brought a photographer from LIFE Magazine with them to document it!

Z8W54 TIL a bruin bear was found on a ledge of a California bridge. Volunteers strung a net under the bear; officials shot it with a tranquilizer dart, nudged it with a pole onto the net, lowered it to the ground & steered it into the wild. The bridge where the bear was found is called "Rainbow Bridge."

VKem TIL in 1700 India’s economy had a 24.4% share of world income, the largest in the world after which it steadily declined under the British Raj (Empire) until in 1952, it was only 3.8%.