Post * 6ExPX — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that a cast member on the TV show Survivor found a package of cocaine that had washed up on his camps shore

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R5xg8 TIL on James Cameron's 3rd dive to the Titanic, he & his pilot had "a near-death experience". They encountered a sandstorm on the ocean floor & became temporarily stuck there with low power supply & few batteries. It took them 3 attempts from the bottom to rise above 25 meters & surface 5 hrs later.

9o9r TIL That obsidian knives are so sharp they cut on a cellular level. Due to this, when used in the medical field, incisions made with the blade heal faster with less scarring.

jNBBE TIL that in the War of the Triple Alliance, Paraguay lost over 90% of it's entire male population. Paraguayan women ended up outnumbering men with ratios of 4:1 or even 20:1 in some regions. As a result, the local catholic church authorized polygamy to rebuild the population

VBMlB TIL that there are six major types of corn, two of which are sweet corn and popcorn.

X0k8 TIL: King Edward II was murdered by having a horn pushed into his anus through which a red-hot iron was inserted, burning out his internal organs without marking his body.