Post * YpBOZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who oversaw the dismantling of the USSR, has said that the Chernobyl explosion was “perhaps the real cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union.”

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LNop TIL there’s a giant hole called the Devil’s Kettle that swallows half a river and no one has any idea where it goes. Over the years, researchers and the curious have poured dye, pingpong balls, & logs into the kettle, then searched for any sign of their reappearance. So far none has ever been found.

78w7r TIL The founder of Canadian Club whiskey was an American from outside Boston, Massachusetts

V7kQ TIL That the amount of money kids get per tooth from the tooth fairy has mirrored the S&P 500 for 10 out of the last 11 years

AlK7 Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat, which were fed to the lions

R7L61 TIL that a janitor at Boston University for 15 years had all his 5 kids go the University, tuition free. Thanks the schools policy that if you work there your kids can go there for free.