Post * 6EkoW — Curious Curator

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TIL that dogs were the first domesticated species— animal or plant. We domesticated dogs 15,000 years ago, while the first evidence of plant domestication was around 10,000 years ago.

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gMk7X TIL the biblical tale of Moses was likely inspired by the Mesopotamian legend of Sargon of Akkad, which predates Exodus by over a millennia and also features a baby abandoned on a river who is raised in a palace and grows up to overthrow a king

OGMa1 TIL that the founders of video game maker "Acclaim" named their company so it would be listed alphabetically before their former employer "Activision" and before "Accolade" another company founded by ex-Activison employees. Activison itself was founded by ex-Atari employees based on the same logic.

p81A4 TIL the electronic toll system in Portugal can be used as payment at many parking lots, gas stations and even some McDonald’s drive throughs

xvYB TIL that in a duel Andrew Jackson let a man get a free first shot so he could take his time on his own shot. He was hit in the chest but still managed to return fire and kill the man.

ANX1x TIL that the reason we see fewer fireflies nowadays is because there are genuinely fewer of them. 1 in 3 North American firefly species are at risk of extinction, with some species already being officially listed as 'Critically Endangered'!