Post * npWo — Curious Curator

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TIL That only the Chinese need to be reminded not to openly defecate at the Louvre in Paris

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XnVk TIL There’s a bunch of water under the Earth’s surface, more than we thought, and there’s 4 Times as much water on our planet than most people are aware of.

JYeKQ TIL that when Indonesia's Mt. Tambora erupted in 1815, it ejected up to 51 cubic miles of pulverized rock and ash into the atmosphere. The debris blocked so much sunlight that it caused global cooling, with New England getting heavy snow into June.

4kloX TIL that in his 1933 novel, The Shape of Things to Come, acclaimed science fiction writer H.G. Wells predicted a second world war would begin in January 1940—just four months off from the actual start on September 1, 1939.

R5x58 TIL learned that the first basketball slam dunk was performed in 1936 at Madison Square Garden by Joe Fortenberry.

9LvB TIL the US Homeownership Rate Is Now the Lowest Since 1989