Post * 65PZ — Curious Curator

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TIL Navy SEALs brains are trained to alter the way the amygdala processes fear.

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ARKo TIL that guitarist Les Paul’s right elbow was shattered in a car accident. Doctors were unable to repair it so he had them fuse his arm bones at a 90 degree angle so he could continue to play guitar.

VBmy0 TIL one of the co-writers for the song “Rock around the Clock”, first rock song to reach #1 on the Billboard chart was born in the 19th century.

EgodW TIL that it's legal for 5 to 17 years old to consume alcohol at home in the UK.

69ogQ TIL that a bandicoot is an actual animal and not a name made up for the Crash Bandicoot series.

8aWkK TIL about Gregory Peck's role in The Omen (1976). One of the reasons why he accepted the role of a tortured father, conflicted with guilt, was because he hadn't been around when his son Jonathon committed suicide in 1975.