Post * yQrRl — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 1973 Johnny Carson caused a run on toilet paper after delivering this 12/19/73 monologue.

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ep4xk TIL: Bodhidharma, an Indian monk, has many legends attributed to him. One of which is that he inadvertently developed the foundations of Kung Fu upon seeing monks hunched over desks and noted it will negatively affect physical and mental health so he taught them exercise techniques based on yoga.

D1ZrJ TIL that Zero Freitas has the largest collection of vinyl records in the world, over six million. Stored in boxes in a 25,000-square-foot former factory in São Paulo, at an average of 40 minutes per record, listening 10 hours per day, it would take over 1,095 years to hear each track.

0rJy TIL that horses can lose over a gallon of blood when they get a nosebleed.

xVbpw TIL the Sony Walkman launched on July 1, 1979 for $150 & to this date has sold 400 million units with 200 million being cassette players

d8o6Q TIL that the team behind The Sims had originally decided to leave same-sex relationships out of the game until a newbie on the team by the name of Patrick J. Barrett III coded all basic interactions of the game due to one of his senior team members being on vacation