Post * rN6wd — Curious Curator

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TIL about Paul Pena, a blind blues musician who taught himself Tuvan [AKA Mongolian] throat singing. He then traveled to the fringes of Mongolia to compete in a throat singing competition in the 90s and won.

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QN0Qp TIL: about Nebraskas "safe haven" law that didn't have an age limit to drop off unwanted babies. A wave of children, many teenagers with behavioral issues, were dropped off. It has since been amended.

Ood16 TIL Americans eat an average of 18.8 pounds of onions every year and Libyans eat 66.8 pounds of onions in the same amount of time.

yQ1gp TIL about Leonard Stogel, a music promoter and manager who died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 191. Both his parents had previously died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1.

78AAX TIL that the plant and color “fuschia” is actually spelled “fuchsia,” (pronounced fook-see-ya, not fyoo-shah) and named after a German botanist named Leonhart Fuchs.

jNERE TIL in 1969 most public swimming pools were still segregated. Mr Rogers invited a black police office on his show to cool their feet together in a plastic swimming pool. By doing so, the 2 gentlemen broke a major color barrier.