Post * e0jVk — Curious Curator

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TIL in 1997 BBC TV soap EastEnders broadcast episodes set in Ireland, which were criticised for negatively stereotyping the Irish as dirty, rude, poor and drunk. Complaints were upheld by the British Broadcasting Standards Commission and the BBC apologised for the episodes

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78mZr TIL that in 2023, the seed companies got their pepper seeds mixed up and people across the USA grew different peppers than intended. The mix up is referred to as “peppergate”.

XZD8 TIL that according to a Pew Research study performed in 2010 atheists knew more in general about different religions than religious people did, with Jews coming in close second and Mormons also close by in third

dDXOd TIL about the AC/DC rule: the initial chart and sales performance of a new record album is often a reflection of the success of the artist's prior album, not the merits of the new record itself. This "rule" is named after AC/DC's Back In Black and For Those About To Rock We Salute You albums.

oB4XE TIL about the Tucker State Prison Farm scandal, in which inmates were routinely beaten, tortured with needles under their fingernails, and had their genitals crushed with pliers and electrocuted. Up to 200 inmates may have been murdered and buried around the prison.

6EEY8 TIL that Wensleydale cheese sales were so low in the 1990s, that production might have ceased, until Wallace & Gromit saved the cheese. Creator Nick Park only choose the cheese because of it’s name, and accidentally saved the company.