Post * 9B9p — Curious Curator

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TIL people with a naturally slow walking speed are 1.5x more likely to develop dementia in later life, compared to fast walkers.

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dD579 TIL the homochirality of biological molecules is exclusively a feature of life on Earth. Extraterrestrial samples contain largely racemic compounds, and common organic syntheses always yield racemic mixtures. It is not known to science why that is the case.

bAj9 TIL a NY woman spent 2 years defending herself against a $10M lawsuit by an aspiring musician who alleged that her unattractive appearance at a gig destroyed his potentially very profitable idea to form New York’s first Pink tribute band.

WGVN TIL there were approximately 70 mass shootings in the US between 1982 and 2012. Just under 80% of the weapons used were obtained legally and the majority of perpetrators had signs of previous mental illness.

gMRd9 TIL That the oldest “your mom” joke was found in Iraq in 1976 and is over 3500 years old

J481 TIL a Nigerian man survived 3 days in an upside down tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He was eventually found by body recovery divers.