Post * e0pjE — Curious Curator

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TIL that banks use explosive devices hidden in money that can be remotely triggered to stop bank robbers

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xVpk TIL that when Niagara Falls stopped flowing on its own in 1848, The Maid of the Mist’s owner used explosives to blast out troublesome rocks that had endangered the boats.

Oo10X TIL that preacher Elvy E. Callaway claimed the Garden of Eden was in Bristol, Florida. He reasoned that it is one of only two places in the world where a river "splits into four "(Genesis 2:10). The only other place with this description is a river in Siberia, which is obviously too cold for Eden.

a80G0 TIL Oklahoma jails women for a "failure to protect" law where if their SO is abusing children in her home and they fail to do anything about it they can be sent to prison. Typically the women's sentence is longer than the one who abused the children.

DwkD TIL North Korea operates a chain of restaurants throughout the world, and it’s a source of desperately needed foreign currency

9la6 TIL there are ancient Asian shipwrecks in Washington state. Bonus TIL: When explorers travelled the Columbia River, they found Japanese sailors