Post * loQRa — Curious Curator

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TIL Microsoft Flight Simulator (1982) is older by first release than Microsoft Windows (1985)

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kJwyE TIL Famous American actor George Raft claims to have lost $10 million dollars during his career. He faced financial difficulties later in his life, and is quoted saying this about his wealth: 'Part of it went on gambling, and part of it went on women. The rest I spent foolishly.'

oRV7A TIL the Dome of Rock in Jerusalem, significant in Abrahamic religions, was once the head quarters for the Knights Templars

Q87L TIL that peanut butter sandwiches were once reserved for the finest tearooms in NYC as peanut butter was a rarity, and thus a delicacy; it was initially paired with a diverse set of foods such as pimento, nasturtium, cheese, celery, watercress, and on toasted crackers.

L7nP TIL There’s a 300-page book called ‘A Void’ that was written without ever using the letter “e”. The original is French but there are over a dozen versions in different languages written by translators who also managed to compose them without using the most common letter of the alphabet.

j6KOE TIL that an Austrian village tired of the mockery changed its name from F*cking to Fuddging