Post * 4kDwo — Curious Curator

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TIL Thomas Jefferson included a passage attacking slavery in the Declaration of Independence, but South Carolina, Georgia, and Northern delegates who represented merchants who were actively involved in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade blocked it

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GAQwj TIL that 25% of all known animal species are beetles

epWYn TIL that an octopus has 3 hearts and blue blood

xVWEB TIL of Jean de Selys Longchamps, a Belgian aristocrat who flew with the RAF during World War II. After learning that his father had been murdered by the Nazis, he flew to Brussels and machine gunned the Gestapo headquarters. He was demoted for insubordination but also awarded a medal for heroism

kJOYm TIL when the number of kangaroos was getting close to 50 million in 2017, Australians were encouraged to eat more kangaroo meat, as a means of population control.

1aReO TIL that heart break can cause severe physical pain and nausea. This is believed to be part of the survival instinct. The "social-attachment system" uses the "pain system" to encourage humans to maintain their close social relationships by causing pain when those relationships are lost.