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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ADlZB TIL that Rob Paulsen, the voice of Yakko from Animaniacs, recorded the "Countries of the World" song is a single take.

E15nV TIL Portuguese, not Spanish, is the predominately spoken language on the continent of South America. (by a small margin)

YpybW TIL all vertebrates (except fish) have the same basic skeleton design: a column of vertebrae that supports the body and head, a skull that houses and protects the brain and sense organs, ribs that protect the heart and lungs and 4 limbs. Every limb also shares the same basic pattern and has 5 digits

JYwKv TIL Mark Twain initially supported American Imperialism, but, after discovering America's true motives in the Philippine–American War by reading the Treaty of Paris, he changed his position, saying "And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land."

yVd0p TIL that common kestrel bird used to be called the "windfucker".