Post * xVZpD — Curious Curator

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TIL: Spain is the world's second largest exporter of bricks

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nEQ9 TIL- That the modern handshake dates back to the 5th century BC. It originated from swordsman greeting each other with their weapon hand free, showing no sign to fight.

EKL0 TIL Every armoured vehicle of the UK has a requirement for a BV or Boiling Vessel for making tea. This is unique to the British Armed Forces

78YWM TIL that Thailand's national dish "Pad Thai" is actually a modern creation invented to combat famine and create nationalism in the 1930s because it created double the volume of food as from the same amount of rice grains as boiled rice.

pMw8 TIL in 1959 Apartheid South Africa, the words “European” and “Non-European” were replaced by “Whites” and “Non-Whites” at Johannesburg Airport, because Americans tended to use the Non-European doors in order to distinguish themselves from actual Europeans.

9w8G TIL The crew of the Challenger likely survived the explosion and died upon impact with the ocean.