Post * Bgwed — Curious Curator

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TIL Many high-end chocolate companies employ professional chocolate tasters.

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7rDjp TIL that there is exactly one place in the British Isles to have a name with an exclamation point in its name.

jN5bN TIL of Plains Indian Sign Language, a widely used trade language that was considered the lingua franca of North America amongst the Plains Nations

wEmM TIL on the night Ted Bundy was executed, an estimated 2,000 celebrants sang, danced, and set off fireworks in a pasture across the street from the prison, then cheered loudly as the white hearse carrying his body left the facility.

NXyLJ TIL the name of Ishi, known as the 'last wild indian' is an adopted name. In the Yahi culture, he one cannot speak his own name until introduced by another Yahi. When asked his name, he said: "I have none, because there were no people to name me"

oByd8 TIL about Castrator barnacles, a species that feminizes male crabs after parasitically taking control of their reproductive physiology. This causes the male crab to grow ovaries, develop female behaviors, and care for the barnacle's egg sack as its own.