Post * XEblD — Curious Curator

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TIL that all movie theaters in the US are required to provide subtitles in the form of closed captioning.

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NXXaE TIL that Best Foods mayo and Hellman’s mayo are one and the same. So if their logos and packaging look similar, it’s because when Best Foods bought Hellmans they decided to merge the branding to retain Hellman’s loyal customers. Another example is Dreyer’s and Edy’s ice cream.

XZlE TIL there is an ocean-friendly guide for buying seafood

b90YE TIL First 13 Chernobyl firefighters were taken to Moscow and were treated according to Dr. Robert Gale's instructions and only 2 survived. Second group of 11 firefighters were taken to Kiev and were treated by a different method - all 11 were saved.

j6r9N TIL that in 1210, King John of England imprisoned a noble named Maud de Braose with her son William in a dungeon beneath Corfe Castle, and left there to starve to death. When their bodies were retrieved 11 days later, it was found that Maud had eaten parts of her son’s body before she died.

a8rNo TIL between 1865-1896 —a.k.a. “The Gilded Age” — Americans were less healthy and lived shorter lifespans than the generation before them.