Post * 4kvW6 — Curious Curator

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TIL about Chromostereopsis: the effect that particular color shades can have on your depth perception

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KYWAG TIL a waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.

kOAGg TIL about the "Cat Telephone". In 1929, Princeton researchers opened a cat's skull and connected the auditory nerve to a telephone. When one researcher spoke in the cat’s ear, the other could hear it through the receiver 50 feet away. The experiment ultimately became the basis for cochlear implants.

xVMLk TIL that in Fortaleza, Brazil, in 1920, the population elected a goat as a city councilor in protest to local oligarchies and politicians.

GYOM7 TIL about the Fregoli delusion. A disorder where one believes that strangers are in fact all just a single person constantly switching disguises bent on persecuting the afflicted.

0d6Jv TIL that a "frown" means something different to many people around the world. Some people believe it is primarily an expression of the eyebrows, while many others associate it with a downturned mouth.