Post * 8aKDa — Curious Curator

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TIL that humans are not the only species that fight wars

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rP0e TIL a NY woman was startled to hear a loud crash in her apartment kitchen followed by the sounds of someone breathing inside her wall. The man inside had climbed into an air vent before falling six stories and getting stuck. He said it was part of the initiation for being new to the building.

6El6X TIL there is a business that buys "lost luggages" from airlines and resells them to the public

0oGR TIL that Astrid Lindgren, the author of Pippi Longstocking, at one point paid a marginal tax rate of 102%. She nevertheless supported the Social Democratic Party responsible for the tax rate her whole life.

Mekym TIL that George Meegan walked from the southern tip of South America to the northernmost part of Alaska, an unbroken walk of 19,019 miles.

Z85Zo TIL North American glacier iceworms, native to Pacific coastal areas from Alaska to Washington, are the only annelid worms known to spend their entire lives in glacial ice, capable of completing their entire lifecycles at or below the freezing mark.They usually perish when temperatures reach 40F/4C.