Post * wok6 — Curious Curator

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TIL Mt. Everest has 3G coverage

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b6Ww9 TIL about the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese workers from the U.S. for more than 60 years from 1882 until 1943

g0o4 TIL Prostitutes used to wear pubic wigs in the 1500s to cover up signs of disease, such as syphilis.

VBAnQ TIL that Bruce Springsteen originally wrote his 1984 song "Cover Me" for famed disco singer Donna Summer, but Springsteen’s manager Jon Landau decided the song had hit potential, and instead kept it for Springsteen’s album, "Born in the U.S.A". The song was later certified Gold in the U.S.A.

ELGW TIL that because of the gay character in 2017’s “Beauty and the Beast,” Malaysia didn’t allow children under 13 to see it without being accompanied by an adult; Russia didn’t allow children under 16 without an adult; and Kuwait effectively banned it entirely.

wMOM TIL the most isolated human being ever was Al Worden, command module pilot of Apollo 15, who in lunar orbit was at a maximum distance of 2,235 miles from his fellow astronauts on the surface. While on the other side of the Moon, no communication with Earth or his comrades was possible.