Post * 1aBO — Curious Curator

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TIL that implanting a magnet in your finger gives you a “sixth sense” - the ability to sense magnetic fields.

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ZpX6Y TIL that the largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume and is believed to be from a Tyrannosaurus rex.

oBnZY TIL the term “100-year flood” doesn’t mean a flood that happens once in a hundred years. It’s actually a flood that has 1% chance of happening within a single year.

GYJAE TIL that wildly successful country singer Marty Robins of “El Paso” fame also had a moderately successful 13 year side-career as a self funded NASCAR driver

GAvyG TIL The US Army has 50 commissioned ships

wLnl6 TIL about Alejo Garza Tamez a 77 yo mexican hunter whom on 2010 was given 24 hours, by cartel members, to leave his ranch. Instead he armed himself, waited for them and managed to kill 4 sicarios, injure 2 more and make the rest run away.