Post * 7rjJ7 — Curious Curator

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TIL ferrets are carnivores that primarily eat prairie dogs and then steal their burrows

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Bgayr TIL Giovanni da Pian del Carpine was the first European to enter the court of the Great Khan. At 63 years old Carpine road 3000 miles in 106 days (including lent when he ate only salt, millet, and water) to appear before Khan Güyük. When Carpine returned he was made the Primate of Serbia.

Oy61 TIL in the 1970s, Japanese teenage girls developed such excessively cute handwriting that it was banned in schools due to illegibility.

1Mod TIL that during the 20s there was an orchestra in the Soviet union that was led by a committee instead of a conductor, because the idea of a conductor was against Marxist ideals

KOKdE TIL a Canadian psychologist named Elliott Jaques coined the term "midlife crisis"

yQdgV TIL That after he was knighted, Terry Pratchett made a sword for himself, partially out of meteorites. He wanted to equip himself for his new status. With the help of a friend, He gathered the ore from a field near his home and smelted it in a makeshift kiln. He then took the bars to a blacksmith.