Post * GAd5 — Curious Curator

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TIL There is a group of birds called “Tit-Tyrants” including one species called the “Ash-Breasted Tit-Tyrant”

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8er54 TIL that between 1928 and 1989 Eastman Kodak Company operated according to the International Fixed Calendar, that is drastically different from the Gregorian calendar

OG756 TIL that many of today's biggest entertainers started by living in the Manhattan Plaza, a federally-subsidized affordable housing building for low-income artists. Former residents range from Tennessee Williams to Larry David and even the Chalamets (Timothée and his sister were raised there).

LQld0 TIL that walnut trees produce a chemical called juglone that prevents tomatoes from producing fruit.

JYRdj TIL: An 18th century German named Matthew Birchinger, aka "the little man of Nuremberg," played instruments, was a calligrapher and a famous magician. He performed tricks that have never been explained. Yet he had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall.

vPGo8 TIL that the name of the student organization and high school club Future Homemakers of America was changed to Family, Career and Community Leaders of America in 1999.