Post * 7rwlP — Curious Curator

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TIL about a condition called Akinetopsia (motion blindness), where a person cannot see moving objects; thus they see things move in "stop-motion," or like a buffering video.

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rN40d TIL that a heavily Christianized version of Buddha’s story was immensely popular in Europe in the 11th century as the Legend of Barlaam and Josaphat; although British became first aware of Buddhism’s existence as a religion only in the 19th century.

0wbgj TIL that the reason that ranchers keep a donkey with their herd animals is that if they see a threat like a coyote, the donkeys will kick the living shit out of them to protect the herd.

xVJn0 TIL There are over 400 million ways of delivering checkmate in the first 5 moves of a chess game.

P184n TIL of the world's oldest known song: The Hurrian Hymn (written 1400 BCE)

Wk7o8 TIL Hannibal Buress found a lookalike on social media, and sent him to the premiere of Spider-man: Homecoming in his place.