Post * 8ekV4 — Curious Curator

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TIL female dogs are bitches, but female cats are queens

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W7VY9 TIL that some Renaissance painters were fascinated by Jesus's penis

bwX4 TIL for almost 30 years there is a sign on the flat roof of Mark Gubin’s building in the flight path of Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. A sign painted in letters 6 feet tall tells people arriving by air: “WELCOME TO CLEVELAND.”

MAr0 TIL one man planted an entire 1,300 acre forrest by himself over the course of 30 years that now is a home to wild elephants, deer, rhinos, and tigers.

b6g77 TIL that in the early 20th Century, Chicken was considered a spring delicacy in the USA, raised seasonally by Farm Wives. Then during WWII, red meat was heavily rationed and Chicken Farming became industrialized. In 1930, average Americans ate 10 lbs of Chicken annually. Now we eat 64 lbs annually.

WvLd TIL We only know of the story Beowulf from a single manuscript, at one point nearly lost in a fire.