Post * KObpE — Curious Curator

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TIL During the second northern war, a historically cold winter froze the water in between Sweden and Denmark. Denmark assumed Sweden would wait for spring to attack. Instead, the Swedes marched their army across the frozen ocean and crushed them, taking a lot of land that they still own to this day

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YGZP TIL all the presidents of the USA except Martin Van Buren are descended from King John of England.

kOLBe TIL There were people in Kentucky that had blue skin

awKbo TIL: Thomas Jefferson criticized the poetry of Phillis Wheatley saying it was "entirely derivative and imitative, completely devoid of originality" because she " lacks the intellect of the white race." After which she traveled to Europe and became the first published black poet.

6Ymw TIL that four-leaf clovers are only rare in nature because 4 is not a number in the fibonacci sequnce

PYWdn TIL Rabbits move their jaws more than 120 times a minute when eating. In order to cope with this constant wear, their teeth are open-rooted, allowing them to grow continuously.