Post * KOowJ — Curious Curator

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TIL that people can be allergic to pork, and it's often referred to as Pork-Cat Syndrome because it's often related to cat allergies.

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vGAx TIL breast ironing is a thing they do - in Cameroon. Mothers who do it believe it decreases the likelihood of their daughters being raped.

pYrJ4 TIL in 1968 as the Apollo 8 crew first approached the moon, they read the 1st ten verses of The Old Testament. The Bible verses are about the creation of light, Earth and the waters. It was the most watched broadcast in history at the time.

0d77A TIL Katy Perry released her debut album "Katy Hudson" through the Red Hill Records label. The album was a commercial failure and the label soon went bankrupt.

78Pwp TIL “Grady” was a “Sanford & Son spinoff. Used a lot of the same actors. Joe Morton of Scandal played Grady’s son-in-law. Low production value though, including a prominent typo in some of the credits.

E1D17 TIL both Caller ID and call waiting were invented Dr Shirley Jackson; the first African-American woman to gain a PhD from MIT. Her breakthroughs in theoretical physics & telecommunications also allowed for portable fax, fibre optic cables, and solar cells.