Post * KOxv4 — Curious Curator

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TIL Early European modern humans had dark skin, as genes for light skin did not evolve until 30000 years ago, and white skin did not become prevalent in Europe until the Bronze Age.

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67GW TIL barnacles have the largest penis to body ratio in the animal kingdom.

OoVPg TIL a Colorado woman sang opera to scare away a mountain lion that had been stalking her while hiking. The local sheriff said it was only the second stalking incident reported in 34 years but the woman was "obviously educated as to what to do in this unexpected situation."

XE8gR TIL in 2016, a 17-year-old girl in Denmark successfully stopped an assault by using pepper spray. The man was never caught, but she was charged for the illegal possession of pepper spray.

4kdb6 TIL: In the early 1800s, a Norwegian Fisherman when denied alcohol carried a 371kg stone to block the shop's doorway.

ZpYyB TIL that Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X's wife, died from severe burns in 1997 after her 12-year-old grandson, Malcolm Shabazz (later murdered in 2013), set fire to the apartment.