Post * DYPj — Curious Curator

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TIL The platypus was once considered to be a myth like Bigfoot or The Yeti

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j6ovn TIL Isaac Newton was also a member of the Parliament of England for Cambridge University in 1689 and 1701, but according to some accounts, his only comments were to complain about a cold draught in the chamber and request that the window be closed

wL9EM TIL that on the last Saturday of every month, all Rwandans are required by law to “come together in common purpose” to clean up their community, in a national holiday called Umuganda

W7VW4 TIL blockbuster films are named after a bomb

b9JX4 TIL about the Black War or the British conquest of Tasmania. The Lieutenant-General declared Martial law allowing for the British colonists to kill the aboriginal Tasmanians with impunity. Historians today debate on whether to label the war as a genocide.

OoOvg TIL only 40% of all men who have EVER lived have contributed to the worlds current gene pool. Which means 60% of men died childless. 80% of all women who have EVER lived contributed to the gene pool.