Post * 9K6Q — Curious Curator

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TIL that Bavarians of Hitler’s era referred to his style of mustache as a Rotzbremse, or “snot brake.”

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pYxdN TIL that the Super Mario Bros. team initially found it illogical that Mario was hurt by stomping on turtles, leading them to design future games where Mario could safely jump on them. Also, Bowser was originally envisioned as an ox, but was redesigned as a turtle after Osamu Tezuka's suggestion.

GA7rG TIL: When an electric eel senses prey/ a threat, it sends a signal through its nervous system to the electrocytes. Nerve fibres join each electrocyte on one of its sides. The arrival of a signal causes Na+ ions to flood into the cell. This flow gives rise to a discharge of electricity.

lDBV TIL a Virginia Judge left his bench, removed his robe, bit off a piece of a criminal defendant’s nose, and spat it on the floor while court was in session.

Y7ZYG TIL Dali gave a presentation at a 1936 art exhibition in a diving bell, and almost suffocated.

nW8pB TIL Chinese company Tencent shut down Korean video game PUBG and replaced it with “Game for Peace” in which defeated players wave goodbye and disappear instead of lying down and dying