Post * Eg8YV — Curious Curator

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TIL about the Deccan Traps and their major role in the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event

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Q4da TIL William Calcraft, a prolific British hangman of the 19th Century, was so incompetent that he often had to hang from the legs of the executed or climb on their shoulders to complete the execution

J9l8 TIL that Japanese tourists often find Paris so disappointing that they get physically sick. It’s called the Paris Syndrome.

gM61L TIL about "Situationism", the idea that someone's immediate situation and environment determines their behaviour more than any genetic or learned traits

x6457 TIL a team of researchers at UC Irvine found that the average attention span in 2004 was 150 seconds. In 2012 it was found to be 75 seconds, and recently was found to be 47 seconds.

d8JNr TIL men who empty their ballsack five to seven times per week are 36 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer compared to those who ejaculated less than two times per week.