From Suit Psychology to Soapy Cilantro: 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 why cilantro tastes like soap for some people, the psychology of suits, and the life-saving Plimsoll line. Curio #755 | The whole honesty idea The island of Canna, Scotland was recently hit with an unprecedented crime wave. As in, somebody stole something. Only four square miles, and with a population of just 26 people, crime isn't normally a thing on Canna. But last month thieves stole six woolly hats, a few candy bars, coffee, biscuits, and batteries from a--the only, actually--store on the island. It was the first crime on Canna since...keep reading Curio #754 | A life saving graphic You'd be hard pressed to find a man who has saved more lives than Samuel Plimsoll. He's the 19th century British merchant who fought for all commercial ships to have a line painted on its side to mark the maximum loading point. The invention of insurance in the 19th century created a perverse incentive for ship owners to purposely sink their ships for the insurance payout. The practice quickly became widespread, killing over 1000 merchant seamen per annum--enough that merchant vessels became known as "coffin ships." Enter Samuel Plimsoll...keep reading Curio #753 | Soap or cilantro? When it comes to cilantro, people either love it or hate it. Anti-cilantroans often say it taste...
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