Post * EJyP — Curious Curator

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TIL scientists once recruited theater students to stumble drunkenly into 153 Norwegian bars and ask for another drink. They found that bartenders were much more likely to over-serve drunk women than men.

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Zp7gB TIL of The Bachelor of Powalgarh, an exceptionally large, man-eating Indian Bengal tiger, which was sought after and eventually shot and killed by Jim Corbett in 1930. The tiger was 10 feet 7 inches long

9Ymgm TIL that the US Navy owns a ship named USS Chancellorsville, which is literally named after a battle that the US lost.

16Brd TIL bunnies don't actually love carrots as much as we say. Its actually a myth that came from Bugs Bunny and in the wild they don't normally eat carrots.

y1vv TIL of the Rule of 3’s regarding the human body’s basic needs: You will die if you go without oxygen for 3 minutes, water for 3 days, or food for 3 weeks - though there are exceptions to this rule.

J1Ma1 TIL opossums always give birth to an odd number of babies, because they have an odd number of nipples. All other mammals have typically have an even number of both.