Post * e4ng — Curious Curator

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TIL that ironically, the oldest bridge across the river Seine in Paris is named Pont Neuf, or New Bridge. It was built in 1607.

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7WdO TIL a high school in Tucson, Arizona had a Mexican American/ethnic studies program that graduated 93% of its students (vs. the 48% of Latinos graduating statewide) before it was banned for being un-American in 2010.

M7Nk8 TIL Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley were related, 3rd cousins 5 times removed. They are part of the Harrison family line, a family with medieval roots who produced a US founding father and two other US presidents besides Lincoln

Zpyma TIL Bill Murray doesn't have an agent and only fields offers via a voice mailbox that he rarely checks. Apparently this is how he missed out on films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Monsters Inc, The Squid and the Whale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Little Miss Sunshine, he never checked

xEKD TIL a Russian man, mad with an unsolicited credit card offer, scanned, edited, printed, and sent it back. The bank approved 0% interest, no fees, unlimited credit, and paying $182,000 for cancelling his account. They sued him years later, he won, and he’s counter-suing them for closing his account.

EgW8o TIL: The origins of modern insurance are tied to the transatlantic slave trade and the insuring of "human cargo" on slave ships.