Post * wo5eM — Curious Curator

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TIL about the Peter principle, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence".

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D9ZJ TIL 50% of people are introverts, making introversion just as “normal” as extroversion.

R7DXw TIL that AMBER Alert, which now stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, was originally named after Amber Hagerman, a nine year old girl from Texas who was abducted and murdered in 1966.

xV8Yw TIL the 1815 eruption of Mt. Tambora was the deadliest volcano ever, causing 90,000 deaths and a 'year without summer'

OoEjg TIL: The mushrooms from the Super Mario games are based on a real life mushroom called Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). When eaten, the mushroom gives the sensation of growth.

MePya TIL that the Director's commentary on Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story introduces extra characters and half way through switches to the Director's commentary from There's Something About Mary.