Post * oB0Z7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that to tell how old sharks are, they count the rings in the vertebrae

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yQAGJ TIL that Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Garrett from Facts of Life) divorced her husband when he came out of the closet after 25-yrs of marriage.

D1KxV TIL in 1974, a couple disappeared along with their yacht from the uninhabited Palmyra Atoll while vacationing. Theyd feuded with a man on the island, whose boat was not seaworthy and was out of supplies. 7 years later, the wife's body washed ashore Palmyra, and the man was convicted of her murder.

J1D4Q TIL that 10% of Japan's population is now aged 80 or older

KRb6 TIL: In 1984 on CBS, a man won $110,237 in cash and prizes, more than anyone in the history of game shows to that point, by hitting 31 squares in a row and no Whammies on “Press Your Luck”. That episode has only been shown once.

E15jw TIL that the Jimmy Stewart movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) was banned in the USSR and Axis nations for being pro-democracy; while federal legislators in the U.S. called for its ban claiming it was pro-communist.