Post * w7m8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Thailand is the second most common place for American tourists to die abroad, after Mexico.

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8woL TIL that there is a town Honduras where once a year, hundreds of small silver fish rain from the sky. Locals are stumped on where the fish come from or why the fish are blind.

XrP6 TIL If you earn more than US$21,000 a year, you are part of the richest 4% on the planet.

MeWvK TIL about the Bechdel Test, 3 questions finding bias against women in fictional media, involving at least 2 women, who talk to each other, and not about a man.

4nYX TIL that Italy has more active Aircraft Carriers than any other country except the US. It has two.

gN58 TIL of the deadliest volcanic eruption in history: the effects of the Icelandic volcano Laki killed 25% of the Icelandic population, at least 23,000 people in Britain, more deaths in Europe, freak weather for a year, and may have caused a famine in Egypt which killed 1/6th of Egypt’s population.