Post * rJpx — Curious Curator

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TIL that the founders of Outback Steakhouse have never been to Australia

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bkv4 TIL that death as a result of shaken vending machines is twice as common as death from a shark attack.

nWW5Y TIL the Ottawa Convention is a 1997 treaty signed by 133 countries to ban antipersonnel land mines. The U.S. never signed. The U.S. placed thousands of mines in the DMZ between the Koreas during the Cold War to help deter an overwhelming ground invasion from the North.

d89p9 TIL that one of the first synthetic dyes, Perkin's Mauve, was discovered by William Perkin after his professor challenged the then-18-year-old to synthesise the anti-malarial quinine.

N7oVb TIL About Weight Loss Challenge with $10,000 Prize

VLE0 TIL The view that men suppress female sexuality is contradicted by some findings. Evidence shows that women have worked to stifle each other’s sexuality because sex is a limited resource that women use to negotiate with men, and scarcity gives women an advantage.“