Post * j67DQ — Curious Curator

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TIL that while on a trip to Moscow, someone stole and attempted to ransom the costumes from the popular Australian kids TV show “Bananas in Pyjamas.”

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D1bJV TIL Belle Gibson, the disgraced wellness influencer who profited from fake cancer claims, pretended to donate proceeds to the family of a little boy who had an inoperable brain tumour she falsely claimed was much like her own. He died from his illness in 2017 at the age of nine.

Z8mlQ TIL about Caroline Shawk, the inventor of modern butter sculpture. She couldn't afford marble, so she started making butter sculptures to raise money at local fairs. Her butter sculpture became a runaway hit at Centennial exhibition, which allowed her to open her own studio and work with marble.

QNGXX TIL schools have used infant simulator dolls which are designed to behave like real babies by crying, burping, and requiring 'feeding' and diapering, to try to deter teen pregnancy. A 2016 study found that teen girls in schools that used the dolls were about 36% more likely to get pregnant by age 20

PYKDe TIL Raw Oysters Are Still Alive When You Eat Them

AD8gw TIL of a man in England was jailed for the manslaughter of his ex-girlfriend, after she came to his home with an 8 inch kitchen knife in her handbag, that she fell on after he pushed her during an ensuing argument