Post * kOp65 — Curious Curator

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TIL In 2002, Steven Spielberg recieved a bachelors degree for completing a course on film and electronic arts at university. To pass the advanced filmmaking class exam, he submitted his own 1993 epic, 'Schindler's List'.

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R7944 TIL that in 1955 Henry Winokur worked with brother-in-law William Rosenberg to found Dunkin’ Donuts (now Dunkin’). In 1956 he broke his partnership with Rosenberg and founded Mister Donut with his son-in-law. Today Mister Donut is the largest donut chain in Japan with over 1,300 stores.

WkrmX TIL Dr. Pepper is produced by Keurig in the US, Coca Cola in Europe and South Korea, and Pepsi Co. in Canada and Oceania.

Br6Ld TIL about the existence of the Kermode bear (aka the Spirit bear) which is a rare subspecies of the Black bear. 10%-20% of individuals are born white and there are only between 100 and 500 left in the wild. They are basically white Black bears.

97DB TIL that there is a Time Travel Mart in Los Angeles. It sells fresh dinosaur eggs, robot milk, and barbarian repellent. The store’s profit is used to support a tutoring program for kids 6 to 18 years old. Students are encouraged to write stories for the Time Travel Mart to publish and sell.

gr6M4 TIL Mao Zedong is is generally credited with eradicating both consumption and production of opium in China during the 1950s. Under his government, 10 million addicts were forced into compulsory treatment, dealers were executed, and opium-producing regions were planted with new crops.