Post * 0Dkp — Curious Curator

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TIL that the anecdote that says a frog will jump out of a pot of boiling water if thrown in, but sit in a pot of water as it is slowly brought to a boil has been shown to be untrue by modern biologists.

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0dR9p TIL about the existence of the European Green Belt - an 8,500km long natural strip of wild forests and national parks connecting the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea

8ajA8 TIL that the Ginkgo Tree is unique, not obviously related to any living plant; a “living fossil,”unchanged in 200 million years.

E1nYx TIL that Pope Francis hasn’t watched television in almost 30 years after he promised the Virgin Mary that he wouldn’t anymore

Ypx47 TIL Playboy Playmate Miss March 1957 Saundra Edwards killed her ex-husband with a shotgun blast through the heart when he broke into the house where she was staying. The jury ruled the shooting as justifiable homicide. The scandal, however, abruptly ended her acting career

grnPW TIL that David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs, is also a DJ. His Spotify profile has 550,000 monthly listeners. He's performed in nightclubs and music festivals in New York, Miami, and the Bahamas.