Post * 4Al6 — Curious Curator

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TIL: In a 2006 investigation, roughly 250 members of the US Defense Department were found to have purchased child pornography. The Pentagon refused to investigate.

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Vrn4 TIL the only known smell that males are more sensitive to is bourgeonal - the chemical that gives the Lily of the Valley its scent. Incidentally, it also helps sperm swim faster.

xV0g1 TIL Three-quarters of U.S. teens and adults are deficient in vitamin D, the so-called "sunshine vitamin" whose deficits are increasingly blamed for everything from cancer and heart disease to diabetes, according to new research.

A1Nn TIL that Cuba has their own Ubuntu-based operating system.

XEvBr TIL about Witness Trees. These are trees that were present during key moments in American history. They have been known to hide bullets from those events within new layers of wood and bark. To help preserve their historic relevance, a Witness Tree Protection Program was launched in 2006.

wL1K7 TIL about Mary the Jewess, one of the first alchemical writers, living between the first and third centuries AD. She is credited with the invention of several kinds of chemical apparatus and is considered to be the first true alchemist of the Western world.