Post * b94Ea — Curious Curator

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TIL George Carlin’s monologue about education, the American Dream and our ‘economy’ becomes truer and truer every day.

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6EaxJ TIL that the British Library is legally required to obtain a copy of every book published in the UK and Ireland, and also purchases a large percentage of English language books published abroad. This equates to an additional 6 miles of shelving each year.

OrV7 TIL taking Benadryl causes cognitive impairment equivalent to a BAC of 0.1%, over the legal limit to drive.

BgObx TIL Nikola Tesla was obsessed with the number 3 and engaged in a number of compulsive behaviors around it. For example, he would walk around a building three times before entering and he commonly washed his hands three times in a row

yQagl TIL in 2000, Canadian opposition leader Stockwell Day proposed referendums on internet petitions if they reached 350,000 signatures - or about 3% of the population. A comedian proposed that Stockwell Day legally change his first name to Doris. It got over 370,000 signatures

oRlyY TIL about the Symbionese Liberation Army, a militant far left organization which had 6 members killed in a shootout with the LAPD in 1974. They also murdered 2, citizens, robbed banks, and kidnapped people all in the name of freedom.