Post * YpO1W — Curious Curator

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TIL there was a handheld video game called Bin Laden vs. USA. You could either play as the US and try to shoot down the planes or as Al Qaeda and fly your planes into the World Trade Center.

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lvma TIL that Danish scientists have developed cress that turns red when grown near unexploded landmines

LDDZ TIL Ty Cobb’s father suspected his wife of cheating. He hid behind curtains hoping to prove it and she shot him dead thinking he was an intruder

4XZp5 TIL If wasps decide they don't like you they drop pheromones on you so that other wasps don't like you either.

k4bE TIL that on December 25th, the ancient Romans would celebrate Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the birthday of their sun god. The holiday eventually morphed into Christmas.

Lkge9 TIL that FDR’s grandfather, Warren Delano, made the Roosevelt family fortune by smuggling opium into China throughout the 19th century. A “fair, honorable, and legitimate” trade, according to him.