Post * 4yk6 — Curious Curator

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TIL many dinosaurs thought to be different species are really the same creatures at different distinct stages of development.

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0Q0M TIL Paul McCartney once spent 10 days in jail in Japan after he smuggled half a pound of weed into the country. He said it was “the daftest thing” he’d ever done, but the weed was too good to flush.

dDXmZ TIL: On November 1st, 1755, An earthquake struck Lisbon, Portugal on All Saints Day. Thousands died as churches collapsed. Fire broke out across the city and people fled to the harbor, but there was no water. They started looting the wrecked ships and an incoming tsunami killed thousands more.

oRKYo TIL that Henry VIII kept an African grey parrot who amused itself by calling the boatman across the water to the palace, who was then paid for his efforts

wo5Lo TIL That until Sept 25, 2017, sign stealing in baseball was typically un-enforced. After the Yankees were caught in 2016, and Red Sox in 2018 an investigation was conducted and only the Astros were penalized because they were found to have done it after the Sept 25th memo.

epjDb TIL that the French have their own version of "Saturday Night Live", created by putting "Le" in front of the name.