Post * ne7wo — Curious Curator

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TIL over half of the world's lentils are grown in Canada, with about 95% that amount grown in the province of Saskatchewan alone

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neXOB TIL Earl Tupper, Inventor and founder of the Tupperware Company, Sold his ownership interest, bought himself an island in Costa Rica, and gave up his U.S. citizenship to avoid taxes.

EgWNP TIL: Walking Corpse Syndrome is a mental disorder where the person thinks they are dead, do not exist, or exist without organs or blood. Denial of self existence is present in about half of cases, while the other half think they’re immortal.

kJkDB TIL the Babylonians were already calculating the probability of eclipses 4,000 years ago.

rRAno TIL there’s an Australian street artist named “Wanksy” who draws large penises on potholes in order to convince the city council to fix them.

j6ZVa TIL: OSAM-1 is a NASA spacecraft designed to test on-orbit refueling of satellites. Its launch is currently planned for no earlier than 2025. Its first objective would be the complex refueling of Landsat 7, an existing satellite launched in 1999.