Post * 8e6nL — Curious Curator

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TIL that a rapper, Wu-Tang offiliated - opted to chop his own penis off. And did so.

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wKlM TIL that in 2004 an elephant charged and killed a mother and her child, then proceeded to bury their bodies before leaving the scene.

Y7KxW TIL: Entrepreneur Li Bo built the first sex doll brothel in China and had thousands of guests. It cost $15-57/ hour and features rooms like prison cells, hospitals, and classrooms. It made national headlines, but was shut down 3 years later by law enforcement. Criticisms involved sanitary concerns

awPK9 TIL: There is a species of moth called the Bagworm moth. They build a cocoons out of sticks and small twigs. These cocoons can sometimes look like small log cabins. After metamorphosis the female of the species spend their whole lives, of a few weeks, in the little home they made.

Br7Ex TIL In 1904, tea bags were invented accidentally. The inventor, Thomas Sullivan, decided that it was cheaper to send small samples to potential customers in silk bags instead of boxes. The recipients believed they were meant to be dunked and soon Sullivan was flooded with orders for his “tea bags.”

7rrmL TIL Oyster Mushrooms (white edible mushrooms that grow on dead trees) are carnivorous. They have microscopic lassos that attract nematodes with a chemical, then constrict around the nematode and release a toxin that paralyzes the nematode so they can absorb nitrogen from them.