Post * 1apYW — Curious Curator

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TIL more than a third of divorce filings contained the word Facebook

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v154x TIL Elephants are evolving to be tuskless after decades of poaching pressure

lWlK TIL about “token sucking” - someone, generally a homeless person, earns his sustenance by clogging the token receptacle in the subway turnstile with gum or a paperclip. The tokens become backed up in the receptacle and then “sucks them out by placing his lips around the opening and inhaling.”

gM06b TIL that Napoleon fought more then 70 battles in his career and lost only 8, mostly at the end

woE9P TIL about Third Man Factor (or Sydrome). A phenomenon where explorers, or people in a survival situation, see and or feel a person/ presence that gives them guidance and support at a critical moment in their survival.

pYAge TIL there's a fruit that tastes like chocolate pudding. It's a fruit native to Central and South America called diospyros nigra, or black sapote, that tastes like chocolate and sweet custard.