Post * J1LKk — Curious Curator

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TIL that prior to the 25th Amendment, there was no mechanism in the United States Constitution for filling vice presidential vacancies. The US has been without a vice president on 16 occasions for a cumulative 37 years.

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J1Rxk TIL that the distinct sound of John Bonham's drums on Zeppelin's, When the Levee Breaks had little to do with the grandeur of the three-story stone structure Headley Grange where they recorded. The sound engineer Andy Johns incorporated a delay device - Binson Echorec - to achieve the echo effect.

YEGv TIL that in Ancient Egypt, the deceased bodies of beautiful and high ranking women were left to decay for 3 to 4 days before being sent off for embalming. They did this to discourage necrophilia (sex with the dead).

d8DL7 TIL of the tongue-eating louse. A parasite with detaches a fish's tongue and becomes a new, functional tongue. This is the only parasite known to replace a host organ.

R5vL8 TIL blackjack has a house advantage of only around 1-2% for skilled players & up to around 20% for unskilled players, while craps has a house advantage as low as less than 1% for skilled players & up to around 16% for unskilled players.

JLQk TIL that in the Batman 1960s show and 1966 film (ft. Adam West) each of the villains had a distinct camera angle used to portray their character.