Post * 4j6b — Curious Curator

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TIL that an Australian man waited 416 days to see what happens after his ipod timer passes 9999 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds

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9a8m TIL that extensive child poverty is the main reason America’s children score poorly on international education measurements. When you measure the test scores of American schools with a child poverty rate of less than 20%, American children outperform every nation in the world.

0dJQv TIL : Cockroaches are pretty good parents! "The cockroach parenting method—which includes feeding, guarding and keeping their young very close—has served the insects for at least 125 million years."

8e7a8 TIL Sophocles wrote over 120 plays but only 7 survive fully

xVRd5 TIL Cats domesticated themselves. They existed unchanged until the Middle Ages; and even now are genetically extremely close to their ancestors.

YpmkG TIL In the mid 70's a kid named Saul Hudson would ditch school and hang out at his best friend's house. His best friend's dad, actor Seymour Cassel, would call Saul "slash" because he was always in a hurry, moving around. And to this day, he's known simply as guitar legend Slash.