Post * 4kPWo — Curious Curator

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TIL the word "muscle" originates from the Latin word "musculus", which means "little mouse". The Romans thought the shape and movement of certain muscles, particularly the biceps, resembled mice. This word eventually made its way into Middle French and other Romance languages.

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Qao9 TIL left-spiraling snails are generally as rare as left handed humans, especially because left and right spiraled snails can’t mate together easily, but in Japan snakes gobble up righties easily but can’t bite into the lefties, so there are way more lefties.

LZOZ TIL that Avocados are optimally adapted to be eaten and digested by an animal far larger than any alive today in the Americas. It is theorized they originally evolved their current form to allow their seeds to be spread by animals like the extinct giant ground sloth.

a8eG0 TIL about the Greek philosopher Polybius, who wrote the "Doctrine of Anacyclosis". It describes the rise, fall, and reformation of civilizations, from his experieince with the fall of the Greek and rise of the Roman civilization

7A4O TIL that a bootleg was released entitled “Elvis’ Greatest Shit” consisting of Elvis’ worst material. It also featured a photo of his dead body on the cover.

nWnxY TIL that in 1963, the song “Ue o Muite Aruko” became the first Japanese-language song to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song was written to express frustration at American military bases being allowed to remain in Japan.