Post * GYnKQ — Curious Curator

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TIL that there is a pink kryptonite that made Superman gay for an issue of Supergirl in 2003

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X00bj TIL peanut butter can glow in the dark. Due to its phenolic compounds, the protective agents found in plant-based foods, that absorb light in the ultra-violet spectrum and glow in the dark.

Z8pAG TIL There is a man in Guinness World Records who claims to have a gift from God as he says he can speak and read 58 languages. However, he stated in 2015 that at the time he could only fluently speak fifteen of those languages without preparing himself

newbG TIL a man was killed by a Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park in 2011. It was determined his running from the bear caused the attack, and it was a "one in 3 million occurrence." The bear was not put down until it was found near another fatal attack the next month.

E1v5w TIL that Clark Gable had most of his teeth removed because of an infection, and suffered from halitosis (terrible breath) because of this. For Gone With the Wind, Vivien Leigh dreaded the kissing scenes between them because of this.

10VW TIL: Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail single-handedly around the world, never learned to swim and considered it “useless”