Post * 4XeZw — Curious Curator

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TIL Tea has been cutlivated for over 6,000 years, since the Neolithic Age

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QJVlk TIL that Rhea Perlman (Carla from Cheers) is and has been married to Danny DeVito since 1982

6Y6l TIL: The Nazis never called themselves ‘Nazis’, as it was a derogatory word for a backwards peasant. It was the anti-Nazis that popularised the term.

OjNg TIL a 14 karat gold LEGO brick was given out in the early 80s to employees who had worked at the Germany LEGO factory for over twenty-five years. They are valued at nearly $15,000.

ROGQ TIL that the recurrent laryngeal nerve in Giraffes is often cited as evidence of evolution, as opposed to the “intelligent design” from God. The lengthy 15 foot nerve takes an inefficient, circuitous route; It exits the brain, goes down and around the heart, then back up to the Giraffe’s voicebox.

4XMR6 TIL that when William III invaded England in 1688, he departed the Netherlands on November 11 and landed in England 4 days later on November 5. At the time England used a calendar that was 11 days behind most of Europe.