Post * d0P7 — Curious Curator

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TIL there are more smokers in China than there are people in the US.

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nkBY TIL After translating their slogan ‘Pepsi gives life’ into Chinese, Pepsi executives were stunned to discover that they’d just spent millions of dollars announcing ‘Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back from the Grave’ in one of their ad-campaigns in China.

rRXDx TIL when Alexander was a boy, his tutor chastised him for burning too much incense at Gods' altars. After conquering Gaza, a major frankincense producer then, Alexander sent 500 talents of frankincense back to the old man in Macedonia, with the message: "Now you can stop short-changing the gods."

wnl8 TIL that J.K. Rowling was asked to use her initials instead of her full name (Joanne Rowling) because her publishers were worried that boys wouldn’t want to read a book written by a woman

rNLNM TIL a town in Colorado had an unelected mayor serve for over 50 years. He was appointed mayor pro tem because the then-mayor didn't want to sign liquor licenses, and inherited the post when the mayor died. The town considered doing an election in 1974, but it was too expensive.

yVVeM TIL that the brown-headed cowbird is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other small birds. Once hatched the young cowbirds are fed by the host parents at the expense of their own young. More than 140 different species of birds are known to have raised young cowbirds.