Post * 0wpyL — Curious Curator

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TIL that cars with yellow, amber turn signals are 28% less likely to be involved in crashes.

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ObAY TIL the Caribbean Taino natives believed in a deity called Guabancex, the goddess of chaos and destruction, who could call upon a storm called the “juracán”. This is where the Spanish word “huracán” comes from, which later became the English word “hurricane”.

Xwlk TIL Czech Nurse Honoured for Sleeping with Nazi Soldiers to Give Them STDs and Kill Them

p8nVb TIL that when an Army depot was built in 1941, a herd of white deer with a recessive gene were trapped inside. This created a whole heard of the rare deer to flourish inside.

ADmOo TIL the fastest boat ever hit 318 mph, setting the water-born vehicle speed record in 1978.

oB8a8 TIL Ketamine is increasingly used to treat depression and anxiety