Post * 84RV — Curious Curator

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TIL John Stewart read every book from the authors he had on The Daily Show.

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gMyA9 TIL that after the defeat of the confederate states many soldiers joined the Egyptian military in their attempted conquest of Ethiopia.

OoyN6 TIL The ampersand (&) was the 27th letter of the alphabet as a ligature of the letters 'e' and 't' to form the Latin word 'et' meaning 'and'. So the alphabet would go X,Y,Z and And. So to distinguish it from the rest, children started to say 'and per say and' which later evolved into 'ampersand'.

gg87 TIL Chuck Berry is still alive and performs once a month at a restaurant near St. Louis

E1mlx TIL Researchers have discovered that a cicada fungus called contains chemicals similar to those in hallucinogenic mushrooms. It causes cicadas to lose their limbs & eccentric behavior sets in: Males try to mate with everything they encounter, although the fungus has consumed their genitals & butts.

4e5g TIL - a 6000 year-old stone complex discovered in Malta resonates at a frequency which has a measurable effect on people’s brain activity, stimulating creativity during chanting.