Post * l75RA — Curious Curator

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TIL a self-service Bento shop in Japan live stream its store on YouTube in a way to deter theft

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1a0Y7 TIL that Bing Crosby dated and proposed to a Playboy model who turned him down and married his son instead

GYQOj TIL In 1920, the New York Times published an editorial titled "A Severe Strain on Credulity," mocking scientist Robert Goddard's contention that a rocket could conceivably leave the atmosphere and even reach the moon. They later printed a retraction, the day after the launch of Apollo 11.

MbBV TIL Bullying, child abuse, and stress causes children to age faster at a cellular level and leads to physical and mental health problems even decades later, including an earlier death.

x61Og TIL Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, the progenitor to the Dupont family, one of the wealthiest of 19th and 20th-century USA, influenced Adam Smith's views on the economy, helped organize Poland–Lithuania's educational system, and was the originator of the idea that became the Louisiana Purchase.

1aP7W TIL the definition of "treasure" according to the U.K. government is that it's at least 10% gold or silver and at least 300 years old. When treasure is found, the finder does not own it, and it is illegal to try to sell it.