Post * nWg9P — Curious Curator

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TIL The Association for Women with Large Feet was a British organization founded in 1949 to lobby manufacturers to produce more stylish women's footwear in larger sizes. Later, they expanded their focus to lobbying for more clothing options for tall women. Members had to be at least 5' 8" (173 cm).

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7r65b TIL Some lightning rods on the tops of buildings were made with radioactive materials. It was thought that the surrounding air, ionized by radiation would be more conductive and make the lightning rods more effective

E1VBV TIL 'zavana' was the indigenous name for the plains around Comagre in Panama - it was borrowed into Spanish and then English to describe similar environments, becoming the modern word 'savanna'

vD8R TIL In 2007, in response to an increase in pedestrians wearing headphones being hit by cars, NY proposed making it illegal to cross the street with headphones. Australian State Traffic Commander, Chief Superintendent responded, “You can’t legislate stupidity” and Australia ran a warning-ad instead.

Ldwr TIL In the 1920s a new species of hominid was discovered in China and given to the United States during WW2 to protect it from the Japanese. The nearly 200 fossils went missing during the attack on Pearl Harbor and have not been seen since.

xAdw TIL that Jefferson’s original Declaration of Independence contained a paragraph about the evils of slavery.