Post * JYDRQ — Curious Curator

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TIL: The Saturn V was black and white because the pattern would make it obvious if the rocket rolled in flight.

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XEmmQ TIL the day Jimi Hendrix died, Eric Clapton had bought a left-handed Fender Stratocaster as a gift for him. He intended on presenting it during a Sly Stone concert at the Lyceum that night, but Hendrix never showed up. The next day, Clapton learned why.

epjO5 TIL male camels have a dulaa - a sack-like extension of the soft palate. It's pushed outside the mouth with saliva and is used to produce a low gurgling mating call. The size of the dulaa indicates a male's virility to a female

VZom TIL Oxygen is by far the most common element in the earth’s crust comprising almost half its weight.

lBe5 TIL Aristotle taught that women need to come to orgasm in order to produce a child

QylE TIL that cats (once they outgrow their kitten phase) don’t “meow” to communicate with each other. Meowing is reserved for communicating with their humans.