Post * xVG57 — Curious Curator

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TIL much of Vivaldi’s music was originally performed by an all-female orchestra at the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage and music school for girls in Venice.

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4XdRR Today I learned that Door Dash food delivery company, does not actually give it's drivers the tip you pay plus regular pay, instead they use it to meet the minimum pay guarantee. UNLESS TIPPED CASH. If tipped cash, the driver gets the entire tip, plus pay guarantee .

W7JeN TIL that the 2022 sequel to “A Christmas Story,” titled “A Christmas Story Christmas,” was filmed almost entirely in Bulgaria, due to its snow, and the cost-effectiveness. The film crew even constructed exact replicas of the Parker family house and their neighborhood from the original 1983 film.

kJxp4 TIL That the English privateer Sir Francis Drake was nicknamed El Draque "The Dragon" by the Spanish because of his fearsome reputation.

a8ONy TIL in 1987 a borehole was drilled in Mali which released 98% pure hydrogen, and a nearby village became the first in the world to be powered by naturally occuring hydrogen. It is estimated there is enough hydrogen in underground reservoirs to supply humanity's energy demands for hundreds of years

ANaAo TIL The seemingly nonsense phrase 'Fee-fi-fo-fum' from the Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk is likely a sentence in ancient Gaelic meaning "Behold food, good to eat, sufficient for my hunger!" The phrase is atleast several hundred years old and is referenced by Nashe and Shakespeare.