Post * 0dxQM — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Portuguese man o' war is not a jellyfish but a colonial organism known as a Siphonophore.

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jNgVX TIL that in 1947, the "Doomsday Clock" was invented, it essentially says how long we have until it is doomsday (midnight). In 1991 it was 17 minutes to midnight, and this year it is 100 seconds to midnight.

E17kP TIL that the producers of Never Gonna Give you Up were the same ones that made You Spin Me Round

BgWeb TIL There are 10 ^31 bacteria phages on the planet. A number that translates into a trillion phages for every grain of sand in the world.

5YKrk TIL: Lillian Eichler Watson, in a 1921 etiquette book, described corn on the cob as "without a doubt one of the most difficult foods to eat gracefully."

djx9 TIL Pancho Villa’s last words before he died were: “Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.”