Post * 7OdZ — Curious Curator

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TIL Socrates (469-399 B.C.) criticized the youth of his time for overindulging in luxuries and disrespecting their parents

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RZv7 TIL when he became President Eisenhower allowed his son to serve in the Korean war only on one condition: that he promise never be captured alive

1VnD TIL that when Robert Bloch wrote a story killing off Cthulu, H.P. Lovecraft wrote a story killing off Robert Bloch.

QjNM TIL Also plants can be albino’s. However, plants need the chlorophyll (which makes them green) to survive, making albino plants extremely rare. Albino sequoia’s can live as “parasite trees” by tapping other trees’ roots, enabling it to survive without chlorophyll. About 230 are known to exist.

Q6PL TIL that despite its reputation as being a rainy city, London receives less rain in a year than Rome, Naples or Sydney.

rMbe TIL in 1927 PEZ dispensers, known as “regulars,” were similar in shape to a cigarette lighter and dispensed an adult breath mint marketed as an alternative to smoking.