Post * Xjv8 — Curious Curator

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TIL if you’re Indian American, and you own a motel, there is a 70% chance that your last name is ‘Patel.’

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pgA TIL that until a referendum in 1967, Aboriginal Australians were not considered human beings - they were instead classified under the Flora & Fauna Act.

xVK5D TIL That when attending Comic Con 2013, Bryan Cranston disguised himself by wearing a mask of Walter White over his own face. People told him he sounded like Bryan Cranston, but didn’t realise it was him. The charade only ended when he removed the mask at the Breaking Bad panel.

JEbB TIL that a room known as ‘Room 641A’ in the AT&T telecommunications backbone houses beamsplitters capable of monitoring all the internet traffic in the US. It was largely thought to be a myth until PRISM revealed its existence in 2007.

5VOLP TIL that when Peyton Manning was 5, his mother took him to a Saints game, as his father Archie was the quarterback. Due to Archie's poor performance, the crowd started booing him. Peyton's mother was worried that seeing his father booed would upset Peyton, only to see that he was also booing Archie.

P19JL TIL in 1990 the CIA imported over 1 ton of cocaine and sold it within the US, supposedly to gain the trust of a Colombian cartel. They obtained the cocaine from the Venezuelan ANTI narcotics chief.