Post * XOeD — Curious Curator

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TIL that Niel Bohrs once told Albert Einstein to “Stop telling God what to do” in reply to Einstein’s famous quote “God does not play dice.”

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xNxg TIL each episode of South Park is written and produced on a one-week deadline. This allows them to respond more quickly to specific current events than other satiric animated shows.

R5Bb1 Today I Learned that footmen in a great house would always be called "James" or "John" regardless of what their actual name was. This was because the footmen may have a too working-class sounding name.

8oNb TIL Neil deGrasse Tyson assisted DC Comics in selecting a real-life star that would be an appropriate parent star to Superman’s home planet Krypton. A red dwarf star in the constellation Corvus was chosen. Corvus is also Latin for “Crow” which is the mascot of Superman’s high school.

BgZjb TIL about Game of Shrooms — a once a year worldwide event where artists from all over the world hide their mushroom themed artworks in public places and give hints for others to find and keep. The next event is on June 10, 2023 🍄

nVoP TIL that when Napoleon emancipated the Jews he stated that “I will never accept any proposals that will obligate the Jewish people to leave France, because to me the Jews are the same as any other citizen in our country”