Post * grnYL — Curious Curator

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TIL artificial vanilla flavoring used to be made with castoreum, a sac located under a beaver's anus.

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rZbW TIL anyone with a grandparent born in Ireland is entitled to claim Irish citizenship, and the numbers entitled to that status in Britain may exceed the entire population of Ireland.

rAae TIL that before the advent of modern street-lighting, city planners in some cities erected huge “moonlight towers” that illuminated large swaths of area, mimicking the light of the moon. Some of these remaining towers are celebrated as landmarks in Austin, TX.

jvBE TIL the last time a black man was lynched by the KKK was in 1981, and the police officers first on scene first presumed it was a drug deal gone wrong.

oPJK TIL John Lithgow played the William Shatner role in the Twilight Zone remake of “Nightmare at 20,000 feet.” Years later when Shatner appears on 3rd Rock from the sun he says “It was a horrible flight! There was a man on the wing of the plane!”; Lithgow responds, “The same thing happened to me!”

YprQZ TIL about Above Znoneofthe, a Canadian politician and perennial candidate. Sheldon Bergson changed his name and included a silent "Z" so his name would be placed last on alphabetical ballots. For the first race in which he ran as Znoneofthe the candidates were listed by their first names.