Post * ep48D — Curious Curator

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TIL: there is a “Minimal Turing Test” and the best word to convince a judge you’re human is “poop.”

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rEV0 TIL that 21% of the Forbes 400 list (of richest people) inherited all of their wealth, while 40% had inheritances in the millions. Also, 17% have family members also on the list

X0pER TIL the blob of toothpaste on a toothbrush is called a nurdle and two toothpaste manufacturers have fought a lawsuit about it.

Y7REP TIL, that the Congressional Apportionment Amendment is an unratified constitutional amendment still pending from 1789. It's the earliest of six unratified amendments. It would have mandated that the number of house representatives increase with population.

E1oXx TIL after discovering a rare tumor on an unborn fetus, a Nigerian doctor removed the baby at 26 weeks, successfully operated on the tumor & put the baby back into the mother’s womb. She carried her daughter full term & both are happy & healthy four years later.

5Y8Rn TIL that in 2001 TacoBell offered to give "one free taco" to every US customer if the core of the Soviet Mir space station hit a TacoBell target in the middle of the south Pacific ocean. The target read: "Free Taco Here" with a TacoBell logo emblazoned in the middle.