Post * vyaR — Curious Curator

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TIL Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs

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4XoKJ TIL When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home to a sellout crowd, the full stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

Lkxlr TIL about the Federation of American Scientists, a nonprofit group of scientists whose mission is to slow/reduce the spread of misinformation and offer transparency/resources for the general public and policy-makers.

6ENbW TIL that Philadelphia outfielder Richie Ashburn once fouled off 14 pitches in a row. One foul bowl struck a woman, breaking her nose. While being carried off the field, she was struck by another foul ball hit by Richie during the same at-bat.

0j75 TIL then PM of Australia, Ben Chifley, would regularly receive calls on his secret direct line from housewives trying to order meat as the number was similar to the local Butcher’s. Instead of embarrassing the callers, Chifley would take down their orders and pass it onto the Butcher.

a8elM TIL there's only one national flag that's the same whichever way you wave it - Switzerland. I.e it has four lines of symmetry - it reflects onto itself horizontally, vertically or through either diagonal.