Post * 6EwkX — Curious Curator

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TIL: When the dinosaurs were alive there were erupting volcanoes on the moon.

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l5MB TIL that Cracker Jack, Cream of Wheat, Juicy Fruit, Quaker Oats, Shredded Wheat, Pabst Blue Ribbon, elongated coins, spray paint, Phosphorescent lamps, and a zipper precursor were all introduced at the Columbian Expo in Chicago in 1893

Yp6GB TIL about Chronic Wasting Disease, a contagious disease that infects the brains of deer, elk, and other ruminants. It causes weight loss, confusion, tremors, and is always fatal. Found in at least 24 states, scientists are unsure whether it can transfer to humans via contact or meat consumption.

4kvoo Today I learned of Eben Byers, 1920s industrialist and amateur golf champion who died of "generalized cancer" after drinking 1,400 doses of a quack remedy containing radium. At the end of his life, "holes were actually forming in his skull".

pYawQ TIL Jack Brutus was a mastif who served as the mascot of Company K of the First Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Brutus is remembered for his snoring problem and was the second loudest in the camp.

EggQw TIL Canada once had a ‘Exotic Dancer Visa Program’ where foreign women can enter the country to strip. Human traffickers took advantage of this..