Post * jVQN — Curious Curator

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TIL: Tom Hanks’ son is a “rapper” named Chet Haze who apparently keeps it real

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e8o6 TIL that before the final British soldiers left Manhattan in 1783, one final act of defiance was the nailing of the Union Jack flag to the top of a flagpole and greasing the pole

GY5g TIL that between 1909 and 1964, more than 20,000 people California were declared “unfit to propagate” and were forced to be sterilized against their will for “race betterment”.

4kVVg TIL that mosquitos don't feed on blood as their daily source of food; they actually consume nectar. Female mosquitos only require blood as a source of protein to develop their eggs.

nWBXo TIL that Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, which is a small town to the north of Paris. He continued to paint up until his death in 1890. He also was admitted to the Asylum of Saint Paul in Saint-Rémy because of severe mental illness.

9Y06 TIL that, to determine once and for all whether waterboarding is torture, Christopher Hitchens had himself waterboarded. His conclusion? Yes. It’s torture.