Post * YpkLB — Curious Curator

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TIL that one woman pays $164K per year to live on a luxury cruise ship

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e0V5k TIL that there was a rumor that Stephen Hawking would deliberately run over the toes of people he didn’t like. He denied this rumor by stating it was “A Malicious rumor” and “I’ll run over anyone who repeats it”.

D1Z7g TIL that female ultrarunners are faster than male ultrarunners at distances of over 195 miles. One possible reason for this is that, when compared to males, female ultrarunners have muscles that are more resistant to fatigue and are able to burn their storage of fat for energy more efficiently.

m19O TIL that Snoop Dogg runs a football league for at risk youth in LA, completely self funded.

E18yd TIL about a 4-foot, hunchbacked, Quaker dwarf named Benjamin Lay, who was a fierce anti-slavery abolitionist. Known as the "Quaker Comet," he used to troll religious elders during meetings and stage bizzare feats of anti-slavery performance art.

L49p TIL that Van Halen contracts contained a clause calling for “no brown m&m’s”, which allowed them to cancel a show if one was found, and only existed to guarantee that the contract was read and followed