Post * yQMJ — Curious Curator

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TIL your computer is more likely to get infected visiting a religious website than an adult website.

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VMmXB TIL American toy company Hasbro has owned Death Row Records since August 2019.

MervW TIL that James Buchanan, the 15th US president, continuously bought slaves with his own money in order to free them.

woD07 TIL that Donnie Dunagan, the child actor who voiced Bambi in 1942, later became a U.S. Marine and served for 25 years, earning promotions up to Major. He kept his Disney past a secret, fearing his fellow Marines would call him 'Major Bambi.'

QJdpM TIL The West African diet is heavy on starch, light on meat, generous with fat and commonly cooked together in one pot. Soup or stew which often accompanies the starchy food may also be high in fat, especially the saturated fat from palm oil

LQDLm TIL about the "Year Without a Summer". In 1816 a volcanic eruption in Indonesia led to unusual weather worldwide, including snowfall in June. This caused crop failures and also led to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein", which she wrote while stuck indoors due to incessant rainfall.