Post * 08v5 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Eminem gave Elton John a pair of diamond-studded cock rings when the singer wed his boyfriend.

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NXLXe TIL A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head. In the 1940s in the US, a chicken called Mike lived for 18 months without a head. He had been almost completely beheaded with an axe, but crucially the jugular vein and most of the brainstem were left intact.

Rye9 TIL that scientists found a daddy longlegs fossil trapped in amber that has kept an erection for 99 million years

e0d0k TIL Trees communicate with each other mainly through the use of underground networks made of fungi that grow around their roots. These networks are called mycorrhizal networks. Mycorrhizal networks connect individual plants (like trees) together into a communication network via their roots.

kOLXe TIL, climbers on Mt. Everest, use the corpses of other unfortunate climbers, as waypoints up the mountain.

GYj67 TIL LLamas are the latest four-legged weapon against mutton-loving coyotes and wild dogs. Llamas are big, smart and have been known to kill coyotes by stomping them to death. They are becoming very popular right now as sheep guards. And it’s all an instctive thing. There is no training.