Post * d8wbj — Curious Curator

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TIL that whenever Queen Elizabeth is talking with someone, she uses her handbag to signal coded messages to her staff to indicate how the conversation is going.

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JY8gv TIL Duracell had a mascot called the Duracell Bunny that debuted 15 years before the Energizer Bunny. In 1988, Duracell's trademark had lapsed. Sensing an opportunity, Duracell's North American rival, Energizer, created a parody that we all know today as the Energizer Bunny.

5VQjQ TIL the word dumpster wasn't added to the Scrabble dictionary until 2022 due to it being a trademark before.

QJG9d TIL that ‘The Drinking Man’s Diet’ was the 1960s ancestor to Atkins and paleo. It was based on the observation that alcoholics dranks thousands of calories per day and actually lost weight. It became one of the most popular diets of the decade, selling 2.4 million copies. The author lived 98 years.

78D0X TIL The question asked by The Beatles in "Eleanor Rigby" (1966) -- "All the lonely people, where do they all come from? / All the lonely people, where do they all belong?" -- inspired the band America to write an encouraging, uplifting response with the song "Lonely People" (1974).

bkVp TIL The opposite phenomenon of a déjà vu exists and is called jamais vu. It could be described as a person who does not recognise a word or, a person or place, despite rationally knowing that its known already.