Post * yVBMV — Curious Curator

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TIL about Stephenson 2-18 being the largest star in the universe at 10 billion times larger than our sun.

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8avOX TIL that when the Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883, the public doubted the stability of the bridge. Six days later, a pedestrian fell, causing a woman to scream, which led to a stampede that killed 12. Public concern was only dispelled a year later when P.T. Barnum marched 21 elephants across it.

9YYWX TIL that U.S. law states only dead people can appear on currency

m1O7O TIL Matt Groening (Creator of the Simpsons) had Marge and Homer Simpson named after his mother and father, Lisa and Maggie Simpson after his younger sisters, and Abraham Simpson after his own grandfather.

v1kAr TIL that actors in China are sometimes dubbed over by voice actors due to not speaking Mandarin well enough and because the voice actors can act better and deliver their lines with more emotion.

4XNMw TIL of Friedman’s Golden Arches Theory that no two countries with MacDonalds have ever gone to war