Post * gMBGy — Curious Curator

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TIL Wolf of Wall Street was funded by money embezzled from the Malaysian government.

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e0WVk TIL children from countries exposed to parasitic worms are less likely to be diagnosed with allergies

0woLy TIL A 3-year-old boy was buried with his tricycle after he was killed in the atomic blast at Hiroshima. The trike is now on display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

VBRk0 TIL the 1970s rock band Bay City Rollers, known for the pop hit "Saturday Night", was a Scottish band that wanted an American name, so they brainstormed by throwing darts at a US map. They declined Arkansas from the first dart, but the second dart landed on Bay City, Michigan.

KYyDB TIL Due to Chinese cultural beliefs about mental illness and intellectual disability, Chinese people may consider an autistic child as a 'bad seed' and a disgrace to their family. Parents may deny that their child is autistic or keep the autistic child as a family secret

1ap78 TIL that Stalin's guards were so afraid of him that no one called a doctor until hours after he had a stroke. They feared he might recover and execute anyone who had acted outside of his orders.