From the Worst Day to Fly to Life-Saving Pizza: This Week's Curios

Every day of the year, Curious.com CEO Justin Kitch writes a quirky fact, known as the Daily Curio, intended to tickle the brains of lifelong learners everywhere. This is a weekly digest. Last week's Curios covered the worst day to fly, life-saving blood, and a massive new billion dollar home. Curio #741 | The man with golden blood He's called the "man with the golden arm." Thanks to his blood donations, Australian James Harrison has single-armedly saved the lives of more than two million babies. In his veins is an extremely rare kind of blood that cures a deadly affliction...keep reading Curio #740 | A very fresh idea Call us United States of Waste. One-third of food produced in the US gets thrown away! That's 133 billion pounds of food, worth over $150 billion. Ten percent of it is thrown out by grocery stores alone. Given almost 50 million Americans live in a state of "food insecurity" there's a big inefficiency taking place. Which is exactly why last month the Daily Table opened its doors in Boston. It's a nonprofit grocery store whose shelves are...keep reading Curio #739 | Billion dollar crib Move over Donald Trump, there's a new king of ostentatiousness. Mukesh Ambani, India's wealthiest man, has taken ultra-luxury homes to a new height. Literally, as in 550 feet of height. Ambani recently completed construction on the world's first billion dollar home. That's with a 'b'! After struggling to make their old 22-story home in Mumbai fit their needs...keep reading Cur...
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