Post * 4eNo — Curious Curator

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TIL “Beats” Headphones cost roughly $14 to make and can sell for upwards of $450

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j6A1X TIL Because their sense of smell is so great, some dogs can be trained to sniff out medical conditions. They are used to diagnose a particular condition or to alert their owners if they need more medication.

DejV TIL a psychiatrist in the 40s drove around the United States giving hundreds of lobotomies in a van called the “lobotomobile”.

QJkEk TIL Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian army officer who collaborated with Nazi Germany during the occupation of Norway, eventually established his name as a synonym for "traitor" in Norwegian and English.

d8YQK Everybody poops—around a pound a day, in fact—and everybody wants a clean butt. Good old TP has come a long way since the first commercial toilet paper was marketed 162 years ago, and you might be surprised at how much Research & Development goes into each roll.

BG9y TIL Male giraffes headbutt female giraffes in the bladder until she urinates. The male giraffe will then taste the urine to see if he can mate with her.