Post * g59W — Curious Curator

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TIL Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, taught French at Eton to an Eric Blair, who would later go on to use the pen name George Orwell.

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WkDn4 [TIL] there is no federal minimum drinking age law. It doesn't have that authority. An act signed by Reagan, however, supersedes states' rights by punishing any state who ignores this by reducing federal highway apportionment by 10% in an effort to reduce drunk driving.

ykZw TIL that a U.S. Army Captain’s base pay is $46,026 a year, while a Roman Centurion received 38.58 ounces of gold annually. Using the current market gold price of $1200 an ounce, that comes out to $46,296.

9w8jr TIL that the music theme associated with the circus was originally composed by Julius Fučík as a military march.

Eg9Kx Today I learned that the Sesame Street and Muppets classic song Mah Nà Mah Nà was originally written by an Italian composer for a soft porn movie featuring Swedish sauna babes

Ka56 TIL Waffle House has branded vans and RVs that dispatch after a natural disaster, providing what damaged restaurants need to remain open: generators, extra manpower, IT support, and, a food safety team to make sure its food is actually safe to eat once the restaurant is serving again.