Post * JYrGj — Curious Curator

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TIL I learned that the British Museum may hold many artifacts from around the world and also refuses to hand over the artifacts they took it from.

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KOvj9 TIL about the ghost plant. Unlike most plants, it is white and does not contain chlorophyll. Instead of generating energy from sunlight, it is parasitic.Its hosts are certain fungi that are mycorrhizal with trees, meaning it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees.

9wdn7 TIL that according to iRobot CEO, Colin Angle, Roomba owners get emotionally attached to their vaccums, often giving them names, treating them as a family member and even refusing replacements, with one woman refusing to return her defective roomba, named Rosie.

X00BD TIL Rami Malek started his career by paying $2,000 to deliver three lines in Gilmore Girls which “took him forever to pay off”.

pYmlG TIL that during the making of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, sound engineer Bruce Swedien set up tape recorders around his Great Dane in a barn overnight to record the howls used as sound effects in the song. When the dog didn't howl, it was decided that Jackson would record the howls himself.

P1WOZ TIL Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, changed the spelling of his last name from Remark to recognize his French ancestors and also because he wanted to distance himself from his earlier book, The Dream Room.