Post * YnRA — Curious Curator

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TIL South Carolina almost fully legalized and taxed marijuana in 2009.

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xVjWo TIL the Chinese gov. has been sending seeds to space to promote plant mutations for various crops. Good mutations are used to improve crops back on earth. The method has produced giant eggplants, half-meter long cucumbers, and peppers with improved yields and reduced seeds.

Wk9YB TIL that to this day, the tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony has not been found

yQdnJ TIL That at the age of 19, Michael Caine had a near death experience in the Korean War that “formed his character” for the rest of his life. He learned to live every moment as if it where his last and to always look on the bright side of life.

e07N4 TIL that 50 years ago a white woman (Petula Clark) touched a black man's (Harry Belafonte) arm on American TV and it caused a national commotion

awXry TIL "women and children first" when evacuating a sinking ship has never been maritime law. It is more common for men to survive shipwrecks than women, and children have the lowest chances of survival. The Titanic is an exception; 75% of women survived compared to only 17% of men.