Post * 8aAbK — Curious Curator

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TIL: You were more likely to get a job if you had smallpox scars in the 18th century. The scars proved that you already had smallpox and could not pass it on to your employers.

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W717Y TIL that Ween’s 1997 album “The Mollusk” was a great inspiration to Spongebob creator Stephen Hillenburg due to its underwater theme. In 1997, Hillenburg told Ween the baseline ideas of Spongebob, and asked for a song. The band wrote “Loop de Loop” for Hillenburg, later used in a SpongeBob episode.

e0vlk TIL time zones were largely created due to the rapid expansion of railroads needing a more accurate way to plan train schedules. Before, each town utilized their own local time based on the sun's position.

M7Eva TIL that a squirrel buried seeds in Siberia 32,000 years ago during the Ice Age. Scientists later discovered the seeds, grew them into flowering plants, and revived an extinct species (Silene stenophylla).

neeyW TIL a Potter's field is a place where unclaimed bodies are buried. The Potter's field for New York is Hart Island in the Bronx and it is home to over one million bodies.

VME5D TIl that Celeborn, king of Lothlorien, was originally named 'Teleporno'