Post * 698O7 — Curious Curator

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TIL there’s a Criminal Defense of Necessity, where the defendant argues the crime was necessary to commit a greater harm from happening.

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JYgkk TIL that Chichen Itza was constructed so that on the spring and autumn equinox it creates the image of a snake slithering down the pyramid to honor the Mayan deity Kukulan, the Feathered Serpent.

j6AxN TIL 200,000 to 600,000 pets were estimated to have been left behind in the evacuations from hurricane Katrina, as people were not allowed to take pets with them and pets were not allowed in sheltering places.

NNgJ Today I learned that the basis for incorrect and false descriptions of the Iraqi chemical weapons program was a 1998 action movie called The Rock starring Sean Connery, Nicholas Cage and Ed Harris.

4XYP6 TIL: The Hillary Step on Mt Everest was destroyed in the 2015 Himalayan earthquake.

QJmV6 TIL: The "Phantom Vibration Syndrome" is a condition in which people mistakenly think their phone vibrates in their pocket. It affects 90% (9/10 people).