Post * wZm7 — Curious Curator

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TIL a person with $20,000 in student loans paying at a 6% interest rate will pay almost $100 per month in interest alone, or more than $3 per day

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pYy1N TIL Jalapeño peppers are generally less spicy today than they were 20 years ago due to crossbreeding with a specific breed of Jalapeño that Texas A&M scientists created which has a consistently lower spice while also being hardier and quicker to grow.

ZpYkB TIL Women used to wear muzzles as punishment in the 17th century

X0AGE TIL that in 2019, a stowaway on a flight destined for Heathrow Airport fell into a garden, one meter away from a sunbathing resident

DpNY TIL the little plastic thing at the end of data cables is called a Ferrite Bead, and it is used to block interference from radio signals from other electronics.

D1gQe TIL MI5 estimates there are as many Russian agents in London now as there were at the height of the Cold War.