Post * 5P8p — Curious Curator

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TIL prior to 1868, eating meat from four legged animals had been prohibited in Japan for more than a thousand years.

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78e7x TIL, Japan is working on a train type of system for future travel to Moon and Mars. The project is also to enable people to live there in the future.

6EdQZ TIL that tilapia fish skin is used to treat burn injuries, proving to be a cheaper and cleaner alternative to skin grafts and gauze.

J1wb4 TIL about the Costco 'Death Star'. An item with an asterisk on the price tag means either that the item will not be restocked or the item will be discontinued.

6EOdJ TIL that in one story, St. Nicholas resurrected three children who were killed by a butcher that wanted to sell their meat as ham. St. Nicholas was able to tell that they weren't actually ham.

dnWE TIL the Iron Sheik planned to kill the man who murdered his daughter by slitting his throat with a razor he snuck into court in his cheek. His family surrounded him and talked him out of it. Instead, as a tribute to his daughter, he quit drugs and got his life back on track.