Post * yQWjX — Curious Curator

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TIL that Japan has chosen Dragon Ball Z's Goku as an ambassador of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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KOYaB TIL there is a stigma against hiring unemployed people even if they are actively looking for work

J1Am1 TIL that Red Pandas were named pandas before the bears were

BgNVk TIL a Dutch businessman bought an entire Hungarian village called Bedepuszta to repurpose it as a retreat

Bgg0D TIL Arthur Wharton, born Ghana, 1865, became the 100 yard world record holder for 30 years, the world's first professional black soccer player, a cycling champion, a professional cricketer and then a professional rugby player. He died penniless in 1930 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave.

WAMd TIL Edgar Allan Poe’s cause of death is a mystery. A few nights before he ultimately died he was found wandering incoherently, wearing clothes that were not his own and calling out the name “Reynolds.”