Post * e6dn — Curious Curator

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TIL the South Korean government demands that big-box retailers, like Tesco and Costco, be closed two Sundays a month in an effort to support small businesses and mom-and-pop vendors.

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0wMGj TIL that each human eye individually has anywhere from a 120-200° angle view, depending on how strictly one defines objects as being "seen." The dual eye overlap (the area where the vision of both eyes overlap) is 130° which is similar to a fisheye lens. And our most clear, central view is 40-60°.

WnP8 TIL pharmacists in France have been trained in mycology, so foragers take the mushrooms they have gathered to their pharmacist where, free of charge, the mushrooms are checked for toxicity.

yK0J TIL In 2006, a 16 year old won an iMac, 10 iPods, a $10,000 iTunes gift card, a scholarship in his name at the Juilliard School, and a personal phone call from Steve Jobs upon purchasing Apples 1 billionth song from the iTunes Store.

QB8X TIL Insects Are More Closely Related to Lobsters and Crabs Than They Are to Centipedes and Millipedes

1ErP TIL of Kim Gwang Suk, a North Korean gymnast who competed at the Barcelona Olympics; her age was given as 17, but she was missing her front teeth and may have been as young as 10. Aside from an Olympic torch relay, her subsequent life and whereabouts are unknown.