Post * 8AnP — Curious Curator

› added 11 years ago

92

TIL that in Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called “Hindi” (“from India”). In India, it’s called “Peru.” In Arabic, the bird is called “Greek chicken”; in Greek it’s called “French chicken”; and in French it’s called “Indian chicken.” The bird is indigenous to none of these places.

Read more

b6ZGN TIL that the invention of bicycles was fundamental to the early women's liberation movement. Bicycles promised freedom to women long accustomed to relying on men for transportation. It was also the main reason corsets and long skirts fell out of fashion in the early 20th century.

wo8v1 TIL people that are night owls have an inner clock that runs in cycles longer than 24 h. Like this, their rhythm gets delayed everyday, making it hard to fall asleep and get out of bed.

1avpr TIL despite multiple uses of the word "fuck", the MPAA voted to override their guidelines and give The Martian a PG-13 rating

QJKXk TIL in 2017, a company restoring a captured Iraqi tank from the Gulf War, discovered five gold bars hidden in the fuel tank when they found they couldn't lift it even though it was empty of fuel.

gMmK7 TIL: Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who, at his peak weight, was the heaviest human being ever recorded, weighing 1,400 lb (635 kilograms; 100 stone). This additionally makes him the largest known primate ever to have lived, exceeding the upper estimated size of Gigantopithecus.