Post * 1XaV — Curious Curator

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TIL New research suggests that extreme weather is the most important cause of poverty.

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EAGP TIL under southern Africa there’s an anomaly where the Earth’s magnetic field is reversed, which might be a sign that the entire planet’s magnetic field might reverse again

m1Y0x TIL that alcohol consumption in the U.S. was almost 300% higher in the 1800s, and that whiskey at the time was cheaper than beer, coffee or milk.

LkLb9 TIL Dandelions are not indigenous to North America and were introduced by European settlers

XEo5k TIL that if one astronomical unit (roughly the average distance between the Earth and the Sun) were scaled to equal one inch, then one light-year would be almost exactly one mile (within a few feet).

y91X TIL: Germany declared the shotgun inhumane during World War One