Post * BdDe — Curious Curator

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TIL that not only can monkeys be trained to use money, they will use it rationally — and buy sex for it, too.

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AmA7 TIL that, in 1818, an Englishman accused of murder demanded a trial by combat. Surprisingly, the law that allowed for trial by combat was still valid, and the man was acquitted when his accuser declined the offer of battle. Trial by combat was abolished the following year.

lLQV TIL Axl Rose has a greater vocal range than Mariah Carey and sang lower notes than Barry White

MRdK TIL Dogs’ brains have gotten larger and they’ve have gotten smarter relative to cats largely because dogs are more social.

wopOW TIL In 1894, William Stewart Halsted, the first chief of surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, invented rubber gloves for his wife Caroline Hampton as he noticed her hands were affected by the daily surgeries she had performed and to prevent medical staff from developing dermatitis from surgical chemic

neZdW [TIL] About the Melanasians. A group of people with African descent who have naturally blonde hair.