Post * x7Dw — Curious Curator

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TIL: Voltaire became hugely wealthy by exploiting a flaw in the French lottery.

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9Yynp TIL Michael Jackson's "bad" Music Video Was Directed by Martin Scorsese

a6gM TIL part of the budget for the movie “Blues Brothers” was specifically to buy cocaine for Belushi, Aykroyd and the cast

4XxvR TIL of pokeweed berries. Found in our backyard, these berries look like a cross between blueberries and grapes. These berries are dramatically poisonous and can result in respiratory paralysis. Birds are immune to the poison; dogs, humans, and other mammals are not.

QKYp TIL- There are ‘Google Street View’ images that are being collected by a camel

E1kbd TIL of the Pennies In A Jar parable. The parable says that if a newlywed couple puts a penny in a jar every time they make love during the first year of marriage, and removes a penny every time after that, no matter how long the marriage lasts, they say, the jar will never be empty.