Post * kOZB4 — Curious Curator

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TIL Dudley Moore was a child prodigy on the piano and organ.

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wJvM TIL Filmmaker Wes Anderson is the great-grandson of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs

WpN8 TIL that Giant Squid was Found on Shore of Beach in Spain which Weighed 400 Pounds and Measured 30 Feet Long

Zbnv TIL New York Subway trains have been running for 24 hours a day since it began operation in 1904

dDXk9 TIL about The “Victory Speed”. Beginning in May of 1942 and ending in August of 1945, a nationwide speed limit of 35 miles per hour was instated. The “Victory Speed” limit was instated in order to reduce gasoline and rubber consumption.

oLnK TIL In 1988 Mad Magazine drew attention to a cigarette manufacturer that owned a life insurance company - claiming cigarettes were harmless while charging more to insure smokers.