Post * nnZd — Curious Curator

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TIL that there was enough leftover footage from the first anchorman movie to make a second one.

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MeVAB TIL that Michael Phelps has more Summer Olympic gold medals than 80% of countries in history even when taking into account countries that no longer exist.

4kkJN TIL there were electric cab companies in the 19th century.

DQ59P TIL Artists in Renaissance Europe often painted fake Arabic script on the halos and garment hems of Christian saints because they saw it on gilded Islamic artifacts and thought it looked cool. The artists didn't know Arabic and their paintings were just gibberish.

9YBDM TIL about the Great Stink, where after years of untreated human waste and industrial runoff in the River Thames, the smell became unbearable in London during the summer of 1858. The stench finally caused local and national authorities to address the problem—and also ended outbreaks of cholera.

GA747 TIL apple juice has an ABV of up to 0.66% and grape juice has an ABV of up to 0.86%.