Post * 1avX7 — Curious Curator

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TIL of Charles Bonnet Syndrome, a medical disorder in which people with total blindness or impaired vision can suddenly hallucinate entire scenes in vivid color as if they were seeing normally, these episodes can last for a few minutes and can even reoccur for years

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VB5eQ TIL Hitler greatly admired the US ideology for territorial expansion (Manifest Destiny), and saw its destruction of Native American people and cultures as a template for German expansion (Lebensraum)

VMlmG TIL Greenland is unable to join FIFA because the harsh weather conditions there make is impossible to grow a grass field. Extreme conditions on the world’s largest island mean football can only be played there for four months of the year.

pY9jN TIL the process of electing a Doge in the Venetian Republic began with an official going to a nearby plaza, grabbing the first boy he saw, and forcing them to choose ballots out of a box. The process subsequently lasted 10 more rounds of "torturous, ridiculous, and profound" election performance.

P1WPe TIL that Laurence Olivier's brother in the film "Marathon Man" was played by a German acrobat well-known for performing contortionist shows while drunk. He was onboard the Hindenburg and escaped by replicating his act. He was briefly considered a suspect in its destruction due to his quick escape.

Xvej TIL: that the choir singing during the intro to Mr. Bean are singing ‘Ecce homo qui est faba’, Latin for 'Behold the man who is a bean’.