Post * 8e7mb — Curious Curator

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TIL A deer species went extinct after the last living specimen was beaten to death by a drunk man

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VWwQ TIL if people worship other gods, the Bible says you must not only kill those people, but kill everyone else in the town, and their animals, then take all of the town’s possessions to the middle of the public square, then burn all of the possessions, then burn the whole town down, and never rebuild.

DQ0ev TIL That a 'Bear' Market, when referring to the Stock Market, comes from the 17th century insult 'Bearskin Jobber'. They were someone who sold a bear skin before actually having caught and skinned a bear. This became attributed to someone who shorted a stock without actually owning it.

7rjkL TIL that before adopting Greek gods, the Romans largely did not have named deities. Instead, they venerated ancestral spirits called ‘Manes’. Many had a house shrine and were honored yearly at the feasts of Parentalia and Feralia.

R5pL6 Til man has used herding dogs since the Neolithic age over 10 thousand years ago

NXEg1 TIL A 13-year-old totalled a $350,000 Lamborghini Huracan and charged on many violations but not theft. The car was in the process of being sold and the registered owner gave custody of the vehicle keys to the young person without knowing their true age and unaware they didn't have a license