Post * Z8xMa — Curious Curator

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TIL of the "Brand Killer" an augmented reality headset that detects and blocks ads.

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9QKM TIL Saudi Arabia is working to reverse decades of favoring religious over scientific studies in schools and universities. The country is pouring billions into improving science curricula, endowing new research-oriented universities and establishing scientific agencies.

VGB4 TIL in 2002, Bruce Willis’ daughter suggested giving Girl Scout cookies to troops. He bought 12,000 boxes and delivered them to troops stationed throughout the Middle East.

QNVxM TIL Charles Darwin only worked about 4 hours a day. He worked for two 90-minute periods each morning & then one 60-minute period later in the day. Before the latter, he would take an hour nap & go on 2 walks. On this schedule he wrote 19 books including The Descent of Man & On the Origin of Species.

kJJJE TIL that Ray Liotta was not in fact Italian--he had been adopted as an infant by an Italian man and his wife, but when he met his birth mother, in his 40s, he discovered he was actually of Scottish origin.

GJaJ TIL the lyrics of the no. 1 singles on the Billboard charts over the past 10 years average at a third-grade reading level.