Post * GYw8J — Curious Curator

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today I learned that tesla coils break down oxygen in the air and turn it into ozone. the heat and power of the plasma produced is so great that it splits apart molecules.

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KOZAB TIL producer George Young suggested AC/DC add bagpipes to "It's a Long Way to the Top" after learning that singer Bon Scott had been in a pipe band. Scott agreed despite having never played the bagpipes before; he had actually been the pipe band's drummer.

KObNa TIL about the “Rule of Thirds,” which is a technique used in film and photography that divides the frame into a 3x3 grid, and focuses elements of the frame at the intersecting points on the grid, where our eyes find them most pleasing, and makes the image more comfortable to look at.

naL7 TIL Daylight Savings Time was originally started to conserve energy, but has since become obsolete.

l7EoV TIL that cows actually only have one stomach, but it has four different compartments to it, so you will hear them being described as having four stomachs. Each compartment (rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum) is used for a different stage of their digestive process.

kOVAB TIL the Cameroon olive pigeon (Columba sjostedti) is found in the dense misty forests and gullies from 1000 up to 2500m in elevation in Cameroon and adjacent Nigeria. It eats pulpy fruits and hard seeds. It has bluish gray plumage; yellow eyepatches, beak and feet; and white spotting on its breast.