Post * nkYP — Curious Curator

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TIL “The needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few” has no classical history. It was first spoken by Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

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wJxE TIL that Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is the only film in the top 10 worldwide box office this year that is wholly original (not a reboot, remake, sequel, or part of a franchise)

xDYg TIL that in some countries, there are “baby hatches” where mothers can abandon an infant anonymously. They are usually heated (or at least insulated), and after a short delay, a nurse is summoned to care for the child.

dDLjZ TIL the construction of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany was finished in 1880 after 632 years of work

x6ybo TIL that each of the five wealthiest men were to spend a million US dollars daily, they would take 476 years to exhaust their combined wealth

7rEnO TIL that when George Ruth Jr. was 19, the law stated he had to have a legal guardian to sign his baseball contract. Baltimore Orioles owner Jack Dunn became Ruth's guardian, leading teammates to jokingly call Ruth "Dunn's new babe." The joke stuck, and Ruth quickly earned the nickname "Babe" Ruth