Post * 5YYXD — Curious Curator

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TIL of the Davy Crockett - a cold war recoilless infantry mini-nuke.

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pYmvp TIL Galen was the most influential ancient physician during the Middle Ages and his theory was that the blood carried the pneuma, or life spirit, which gave it its red color

KYYjE TIL that the capsaicin in chili’s comes from the white flesh not the seeds.

vP5lj TIL John Preston claimed that his dog, Harass II, had extraordinary forensics skills like tracking a scent months after the suspect had walked on the ground. At a rate of 300$ per day, he was hired by Florida authorities as an expert witness and helped convict as many as 100 people

PYP5L TIL Carl Linnaeus' corpse is the model specimen for the human race. In 1959, taxonomist William T. Stearn officially made Linne, the founder of his discipline, the ICZN lectotype for homo sapiens, and his skeletal remains are now the benchmark for what a modern human is and looks like.

ne187 TIL Francis Clifford Smith, of Connecticut, is the world's longest-serving current prisoner, having been imprisoned for more than 70 years since June 7, 1950. In three months he will become the longest-serving prisoner in world history.