Post * rRNby — Curious Curator

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TIL of Regulatory Capture, when a governmental regulatory agency ceases to promote the interest of the public, but instead does the exact opposite by advancing the commercial or political concerns of special interest groups that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating.

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O514 TIL your bottle of Heinz Tomato Ketchup specifically mentions tomato in the name because when it was introduced, ketchups of other varieties other than tomato were common.

W9gA TIL: The Thinnest state in America this year is fatter then the fattest state was in 1995.

wLKPJ TIL the Nazi greeting was so widespread in Germany by the mid-1930s that department store employees greeted customers with, "Heil Hitler, how may I help you?"

rR5ry TIL comedian Jon Stewart, who met his wife Tracey on a blind date set up by a producer on the film 'Wishful Thinking', proposed to her through a personalized crossword puzzle created with the help of Will Shortz, the crossword editor at The New York Times.

jej TIL on August 5, 1944, one of the biggest jail-breaks in history involved hundreds of Japanese POWs attempting to escape an Australian prisoner camp. The Japanese considered the Australians weak because they treated the prisoners well. 234 of the Japanese were killed and another 108 wounded.