Post * mYZO — Curious Curator

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TIL The town of Buford, Wyoming was sold on eBay for $900,000.

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nej5G TIL that President Carter once told a joke during a speech to a Japanese audience which caused the audience to erupt in laughter. Impressed, he asked how the interpreter managed to get such a laugh. The interpreter admitted that he had said, “President Carter told a funny story. Everyone must laugh”

W7ZOo TIL Mount Kailash is smaller than Everest but has never been climbed by a human. The untouched mountain is known as ‘kailasa’ in Sanskrit, which roughly translates to mean 'crystal'. In Hinduism, it is said that Shiva sits in lotus position, engaged in deep meditation.

QJyJE TIL that during WWII, American soldiers fighting in the pacific would often mutilate Japanese soldiers and keep their limbs as souvenirs or war trophies. President Roosevelt was even gifted a letter opener made from the arm of Japanese soldier.

B7Vy TIL At $47 million a year, Judge Judy makes more money than every Supreme Court Justice combined times 10.

M7ea0 TIL That the United Fruit Company spent over half a million dollars back in 1950 (almost 6 million in 2022) to convince lawmakers and the American public that the Guatemalan government needed to be overthrown. President Truman eventually authorized the CIA to effect a Guatemalan coup d'état in 1952.