Post * b9AK9 — Curious Curator

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TIL in 1851 because it was too expensive to import ice from the United States and Norway, an Australian man invented an ice-making machine and its first application, aside from making ice, was to cool beer. He was James Harrison, "the father of refrigeration"

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4YNX TIL that South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was originally rated NC-17, and every time the creators sent it to MPAA for a re-rating, they edited in more vulgar scenes. Jack Valenti, president of the MPAA, said that he regretted not rating it NC-17.

KWKB TIL of “Judas wolves”, wolves that are trapped and radio-collared so that hunters can track them back to their packs and kill their entire families

5YydB TIL there is no road connecting North and South America

j6rn TIL in the early 90’s a naturist student at Berkley went to school naked everyday until the laws changed and he was thrown out.

mjGO TIL that when Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773 it made the price of the tea (even with the tax included) cheaper than the competing smuggled Dutch tea. Americans refused to buy the cheaper tea because to do so would recognize Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.