Post * dDvjE — Curious Curator

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TIL that at least attempts have been made to pass off cell phone towers as trees or cacti because then they often go undetected

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W7EQd TIL that the expression "i have a bridge to sell you" is a reference to George Parker who conned people into buying the Brooklyn bridge

9kZp TIL Margaret Thatcher was one of the few Conservative MPs to support Bill to decriminalize male homosexuality in 1966.

E1YEo TIL during WWII, the US extracted accused Nazis from Latin America and put them in internment camps. But most were innocent, and some were actually Jews who had fled the Holocaust. They were all interned together, Jews trapped in American camps with Nazis who would harass and beat them.

kOnxd TIL that the parent company of coffee pod maker Keurig merged with Dr Pepper in 2018 and is now known as Keurig Dr Pepper.

b9X97 TIL many famous British artists, including Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones, left the UK in the early 70s to avoid an 83% tax on the top bracket of their income.