Post * J17kk — Curious Curator

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TIL In the Where's Wally? series of books, Wally became progressively smaller as the series went on, with Wally being 0.99cm^2 in the first book, and 0.20 to 0.17cm^2 in the fourth book onwards.

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v4ML TIL that ‘meconium’, the first bowel movement of an infant, can be tested to determine if the mother smoke, drank or engaged in drug use during pregnancy. Meconium testings can be used in the US to determine the eligibility of the parents to keep their newborn child.

mK4p TIL the president of Vivid Entertainment offered Honey Boo Boo’s parents $1 million to appear in a pornographic film with the working title “Here Comes Diabetus”.

XEOeP TIL snake oil was introduced to the US by Chinese laborers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad. Derived from the Chinese water snake, snake oil was rich in the omega-3 acids that help reduce inflammation and was quite effective, especially when used to treat arthritis and bursitis.

Ko9a TIL the phrase to ‘blow a raspberry’ is derived from cockney rhyming slang in which you rhyme your desired word (fart) with another word that is used in a sensible phrase (raspberry tart), then use the non-rhyming word for the original word (raspberry=fart).

VMndG TIL Nikola Tesla used Sanskrit words in his descriptions of natural phenomena. After meeting Swami Vivekananda, Tesla began using the words 'Akasha', 'Prana', and the concept of a luminiferous ether to describe the source, existence and construction of matter.