Post * BBZb — Curious Curator

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TIL that Yuma, Arizona is the sunniest place in the United States and one of the sunniest in the world.

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L1y0 TIL Scientists don’t know how a squid color-camouflages its skin, as they’re completely colorblind.

x6P70 TIL the chromosomal cap, called telomere, grows shorter during cell division. Researchers also found out that most old people have shorter telomeres, that some telomeres had never shortened in those who lived past 100 years old, and that cancer cells don't die because their telomeres don't shorten.

lXoG TIL that the President of the IHOP corporation started off as a waitress in one of the restaurants.

wolPY TIL the original Xbox lost Microsoft 4 billion dollars over the course of it's lifespan

1aKr TIL that the entire running budget of NASA since it’s inception in 1958 adds up to $526.18 billion. That’s about $173 billion less than the 2008 bank bailout.