Post * rN0 — Curious Curator

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TIL: In 1976 there was a wine tasting in Paris that blindly compared Californian wines to French wines. California won and the lone reporter covering the event was blacklisted for reporting it.

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PYnEL TIL Whitney Houston died in suite 434 of the Beverly Hilton hotel. After a reported stream of insensitive guests who partied in the room “like Whitney did” and even snapped pictures of themselves lying in the bath where it happened, the hotel removed the room

e0BVn TIL that Boston Corbett, the man who killed John Wilkes Booth, was a fervent Christian who castrated himself in order to avoid the temptation of prostitutes

ANRvx TIL as a cost-saving measure not all new cars come with spares

0lDL TIL 12 years old, Johnny Cash saw his own brother mortally wounded by a mill saw. He died a week later.

W7GBA TIL that the first bristle toothbrush resembling the modern one was found in China and used during the Tang dynasty (619–907). Hog bristles from Siberian and northern Chinese hogs, which were firmer due to the colder temperatures, were attached to handles made of bamboo or bone.