Post * JYkym — Curious Curator

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TIL because France prohibits alcohol sponsorship of sport, the Guinness Six Nations rugby championship is branded there as 'Six Nations Greatness'

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pmab TIL a belief that the eye “recorded” the last image seen before death was widespread in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the process of retrieving the image is called ‘Optography’.

m1PYM TIL: Veterinarians who are women commit suicide at a rate 4x higher than male vets

YpWwB TIL actor Paul Giamatti’s father Angelo Giamatti was a Yale University professor and then Yale University president. He was also the 7th (and shortest-tenured) commissioner of the MLB, dying of a heart attack at 51

xV4N7 TIL The Ming Dynasty did not have the Ancient Chinese Secret Commercial, much less the Calgon. They use artificial alkali to clean their clothes. This gives us an idea of what detergent the ancient Chinese used. A very good Ming Dynasty blog post.

KO75G TIL that Mexican Singer Chalino Sánchez killed his sister’s abuser, fled to LA, and became famous. At one of his performances, he was handed a death threat, and was murdered shortly after.