Post * 4kKvg — Curious Curator

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TIL-Alexander the Great most likely suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome and in all probability, was buried alive!

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0wGgv TIL that Greg Graffin, lead singer of Bad Religion, has a PhD in the history of science AND has lectured courses in natural sciences at both the University of California, Los Angeles and at Cornell University.

v11ZK TIL Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators were sentenced to be dragged behind horses until dead. Then their genitals cut off and burnt before their eyes before their dead bodies were decapitated

0dvxR TIL: The history of the tie can be traced back to men known as the "Macaroni". The tie was about status and the more complicated the method of tying, the more status you gain. The expense didn't matter as much, but the time it takes does. As the rich began to work in finance jobs, it spread.

xVPjk TIL that female slaves in the American South would chew on cotton root to abort a pregnancy, decreasing the production of more slave children

QJrZL TIL The word sepia comes from the Mediterranean Cuttlefish, a type of squid whose dark brown ink was used by classical civilizations. The name of this squid thereafter comes from the Greek ''sepein'' meaning: to rot. Most likely from the way the fish dirties the waters with its ink.