Post * 68D7 — Curious Curator

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TIL That Ken Griffey, Jr. played With His Dad during the MLB season of 1990 –and in one game, Sr. and Jr. hit back-to-back home-runs.

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NX7mJ TIL the Statute of Liberty isn't named as a representative of freedom, it's literally the Statute of Liberty, the Roman goddess of liberation.

0dgWy TIL LBJ reportedly used the N-word crudely and repeatedly in private in several occasions. Although historians note he only acted this way when negotiating with Dixiecrats a Dixiecans for his Civil Rights Act.

JYEWV TIL the Boston Museum of Fine Art has a fragment of an egyptian ivory box that has the name of the woman called benerib, the queen consort of first dynasty pharaoh hor-aha. The name benerib can be translated as "sweetheart" and is thought to be an ephitet than a name.

BaxK TIL; A typical adult human brain runs on around 12 watts—a fifth of the power required by a standard 60 watt lightbulb.

Yo1v TIL that Cleopatra’s family tree was full of inbreeding, including three marriages between an uncle & niece and three between siblings. As a result, some of her ancestors were the same person. For instance, her mother was her father’s niece and thus not only her mother but also her first cousin.