Post * e0EyD — Curious Curator

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TIL that in ancient Rome there was such a thing as bread fraud . Bread had to branded as a result so the government knew who to punish .

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woZL6 TIL the US Supreme Court has seen and ruled on the Whitest Kids U' Know's "I Want to Kill the President of the United States" sketch. Someone copy-pasted the script in a facebook post to threaten his ex-wife - he was eventually acquitted in an 8-1 decision.

rRL10 TIL the American pencil manufacturer Dixon Ticonderoga was founded in 1795, making it 225 years old and one of the oldest actives companies in the U.S.

GO1J TIL one hectare of land (2.471 acres) producing vegetables, fruit , and cereals, can feed up to 30 people. The same area, if used to produce meat, could feed between only 5-10.

pm5e TIL that Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid) spent most of his early years in hospitals, where he was told he would never walk. Following surgery at age 11, he learned to walk; as soon as he walked out of the hospital, an FBI agent escorted him to his family… in an internment camp.

l105 TIL Russian scientists were able to bring back an arctic flower, extinct for 32,000 years, from a seed that’s been borrowed by an ice age squirrel