Post * KKe9 — Curious Curator

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TIL that the estimated life expectancy for HIV Positive people in the US and Canada is actually higher than the average population.

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pYmwA TIL that we can reduce land use associated with cattle production by 92% (1.2 ha/tonne down from 14.2 ha/tonne) by raising them in silvopasture, an ancient practice in which cattle are raised on the same land as perennial tree crops.

p809Z TIL that Camels can eat cacti and ignore the thorns thanks to a special lining called Papillae

KYvgJ TIL that a Cantonese phrase is used to describe simps as "Soldiers of the Goddess of Mercy."

KO5YB TIL about "Mitochondrial Eve", the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line through their mothers. Estimates for her age are highly uncertain, with a range of times from 180,000 to 580,000 years ago.

Wd5X TIL George Miller, director of the Mad Max films, was a medical doctor who began taking film classes in his down time. Much of the physical violence in the movies was informed by what he learned treating car-crash victims.