Post * 7rLOx — Curious Curator

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TIL Marvel was once pressured by the Mormon Church to remove a "hidden message" which casts the church in a critical light.

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jNKlp TIL that in 2012 a 'Dead' man turned up at his own funeral in Brazil. His appearance prompted some people to faint and others to flee in panic.

8amOP TIL that virgin queen ants leave their existing colony to form their own in a process known as nuptial flight. In preparation for the flight, males emerge from their pupa case and are "quickly converted into single-purpose sexual missiles."

bWNp TIL the town Kurt Cobain was born in put “Come As You Are” on a town enter sign, as a tribute to Cobain after his death.

GYKWQ TIL that Bingo was the name of the farmer, not the dog

rNLDw TIL that approximately 80% of faculty members (i.e., professors) with Ph.D.s in the U.S. were trained at just 20% of universities, while the five most common doctoral training universities account for one in eight U.S.-trained faculty members.