Post * XO6Q — Curious Curator

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TIL that a man and nine of his friends played a game of tag for 23 years. The game had no geographic limits, and only went live in the month of February, meaning that if you were tagged last, you were “It” for a year.

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MeyJ8 TIL about Hayleigh Curtis, one of Cadbury's 10 taste testers. Her taste buds are so important that Cadbury got her tongue insured for 1.25 million dollars.

EGwW TIL In 1974 sociologist Phillip Kunz sent 600 Christmas cards randomly to people he didn’t know. He got more then 200 replies, including people sending pics of their families, diplomas and new homes.

XEbbX TIL Artists Ivan Seal and James Kirby (The Caretaker), released an album named "Everywhere At The End of Time" that uses electronically altered music to explore the advancement and totality of dementia. The album spans six stages with descriptions of each stage as it develops.

rO44 TIL The CIA spent $20 million on a cat equipped to spy on Soviets during the cold war, but it got hit by a taxi.

x64b1 TIL about 'Mirror-life'. Theoretically mirror life forms should exist but haven't been discovered yet. There is ongoing research into creation of mirror image life and the scientific community is worried about the implications for humanity.