Post * x6P7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Pablo Escobar didn’t like cocaine, or rarely drank. But he was a pothead.

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EgZLx TIL On 5th November families, schools and communities across the UK burn an effigy of a man who tried to start an insurrection.

16xmd TIL of the Zizhi Tongjian (completed in 1084 AD), a 294-volume chronicle of Chinese history, covering nearly 1,400 years (403 BC to 959 AD). It took 19 years to compile, and is considered one of the most ambitious works of history ever created.

rXKd TIL American Psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis tried to order cocaine from his dealer but instead of texting him, he accidentally tweeted it to his 350k followers.

GA18Q TIL that the "lower bar" on women's bikes is antiquated and was created to accommodate the heavy dresses women wore in the late 1800s

gjlW TIL of the “Method of Loci”, a memory technique where a person creates an imaginary structure or town within their head, and uses objects within the buildings as representations of real life items and ideas.