Post * nrgP — Curious Curator

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TIL hunters have paid more than 700 million dollars to add 5.2 million acres to the National Wildlife Refuge System and contribute more than 250 million dollars annually in taxes for new public game lands.

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nemvo TIL the world's most expensive bottle of vodka was stolen and found empty at a construction site

BPOy TIL a Dutch prank group tricked a group of “foodies” into eating McDonald’s nuggets and burgers.

rRPXd TIL that in the most famous scene of the movie "Gone With The Wind", an alternate line "Frankly my dear, I just don't care." was also shot in the event the censors would object. The censors approved the movie but fined producer David O. Selznick $5,000 for including the curse.

6EJBX TIL There was a mega tsunami in Alaska in 2015. It was triggered by a landslide and the resulting wave was almost 200 meters tall at its highest. It struck an uninhabited area with no people present and went unnoticed for several hours until scientists in New York noticed it on seismograph readings

OGkKY TIL Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States, died from a cherry overdose. On July 4, 1850, Taylor reportedly consumed copious amounts of cherries and iced milk causing him to die of cholera morbus.