Post * jBpa — Curious Curator

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TIL ‘Public School’ has the Opposite Meaning in the U.K. compared to the U.S.

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6J4W TIL that there was once so many millipedes in Australia that it caused a train crash

PDWZ TIL North Carolina’s copy of the Bill of Rights, stolen by a Union soldier in 1865, was recovered by an FBI sting operation in 2003

PY7Wn TIL that the actor who played Wong in the Avengers movies is actually named Benedict Wong

grdk4 TIL In the 18th century, there was a practice in England known as "wife-selling." This unusual custom involved a man publicly auctioning off his wife to the highest bidder, often in a marketplace or a tavern. It was sometimes seen as a humorous way to escape an unhappy marriage.

5V7Qk TIL there's a whole gum wall in Seattle and 2,350 lbs (1,070 kg) of gum was removed in 2015!