Post * 5ZaR — Curious Curator

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TIL there’s a Mediterranean plant that appears to spontaneously combust (i.e., a burning bush)

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m1vJp TIL There's a tiny Polish village called Zalipie, where everything is painted with pictures of flowers. Originally, the paintings were meant to cover up the blackened walls left behind by soot from chimneys. But soon, they became a tradition

5nRp TIL Bolivia’s largest prison has a society within itself and no guards inside the walls. Inmates elect their own leaders, make their own laws, get jobs to pay for their cell’s rent, and can even live with their families.

56ar TIL That Lesotho, Papua New Guinea, and the United States are the only three countries not to mandate paid time off for new parents.

YpnaB TIL I learned about the Pentagon's "Cafe Ground Zero." A hot dog stand in the middle of the pentagon that the Soviets believed housed the most top secret meeting room because satellite images showed U.S. military officers entering and exiting the hot dog stand at the same time every day.

R5KV9 TIL about bog bodies—human remains found in peat bogs that are naturally mummified for thousands of years. A bog's highly acidic, oxygen-free environment preserves skin, hair, nails, organs, wool and leather clothing but dissolves bones—allowing scientists to study their appearance and last meals.