Post * Z8xkR — Curious Curator

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TIL about Perpetual Stew, common in the middle ages, it was a stew that was kept constantly stewing in a pot and rarely emptied, just constantly replenished with whatever items they could throw in it.

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RJXa TIL France has done more nuclear weapons testing than the UK, China, Pakistan, India and North Korea combined

PYA9g TIL Zephany Nurse is a South African girl who was kidnapped as a baby. 17 years later, she was reunited with her real family when she coincidentally started going to the same school as her younger sister. The girls were inseparable and had a strong resemblance. A DNA test confirmed their relation.

XEDmj TIL that almost 23% of the world's fresh water - more than every American great lake combined - is in one lake in Russia

m1jOE TIL that a man in Taiwan was imprisoned for ten years because Chang Kai-shek thought that a Popeye comic he translated was a personal insult

x65Bg TIL there is an University in Pyongyang, North Korea known as PUST that teaches entirely in English. It also operates its own social media accounts. Foreign academics can apply to volunteer to lecture at the University in-person or online.