Post * YpL6G — Curious Curator

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TIL Piggy banks are not actually named after pigs; they date back to the Middle Ages, when a type of clay – called ‘pygg’ – was used to make pots that could store money.

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OoQGg Til while Simon Pegg was in rehab for alcoholism, the tabloids would ring up pretending to be his mother, to get a story off the clinic.

jNlYM TIL that the Highest Ranking UN POW captured in the Korean War was US General William F. Dean. The N. Korean advance in 1950 was so rapid, it caught up Dean's HQ, forcing him to participate in the fighting. The general personally fought as tank-hunter & knocked out a few tanks before being captured.

9GoQ TIL that in 2009, 78% of schools in Atlanta altered the answers on elementary students’ state exams to produce higher scores that would bring bonuses to administration, leading to criminal racketeering convictions.

6EAPJ TIL in the 1960's the Sugar Industry funded and selectively picked skewed studies that helped blame saturated fat with causing heart disease instead of sugar

xVKe1 TIL some cats are allergic to humans the same way humans can be allergic to cats.