Post * rNvyo — Curious Curator

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TIL that William H. Macy, the actor who played the deadbeat dad Frank Gallagher on Shameless, was the original narrator of the children's show Curious George for its entire first season

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nWZbP TIL that future SCOTUS Justice Stephen Field replaced David Terry on the California Supreme Court, due to Terry killing a U.S. Senator in a duel. 30 years later, Field ruled against Terry in a case, and Terry attempted to murder Field, which led to a Supreme Court case Field recused himself from.

gMx77 TIL A bizarre incident involving a fictitious write-in candidacy occurred in the small town of Picoazá, Ecuador in 1967. A company ran a series of campaign-themed advertisements for a foot powder called Pulvapies. Pulvapies ended up receiving the most votes in the election

oRMgY Today I Learned that Pete Seeger's first album appearance was on a record denouncing the prospect of war with Nazi Germany, as he was a Communist Party member supportive of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.

epPdL TIL: According to a 2012 census, the largest ethnic group in Guyana (almost 40%) and Suriname (over 27%) are of Indian heritage. Not indigenous "Indians." People from actual India.

5d1p TIL Tropicana OJ is owned by Pepsico and Simply Orange by Coca Cola. They strip the juice of oxygen for better storage, which strips the flavor. They then hire flavor and fragrance companies, who also formulate perfumes for Dior, to engineer flavor packs to add to the juice to make it “fresh.”