Post * Ky7G — Curious Curator

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TIL that salting fresh pineapple reduces the “acid burn” effect you get after eating too much of it (and it makes the pineapple taste sweeter)

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1aNMV TIL Japan Created a Kimono for Every Nation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

e0Y66 TIL In 2011 Mythbusters accidentally fired a cannonball through a residential neighborhood. The show was testing a myth at the Alameda Sheriff's Department bomb range when the ball bounced 700 yards off course going through a house, across the street, off a roof and into a car. No one was injured.

LQjvQ TIL about the Blue Men of the Minch, mythological creatures from Scotland. They live in the sea and can speak. When a group approaches a ship, their chief says two lines of poetry to the ship's captain. If the captain fails to finish the poem, the Blue Men will try to capsize the ship

960Q TIL In North Korea’s version of basketball, a dunk counts as three, you get an extra point on a three pointer that doesn’t touch the rim, eight if you score in the last three seconds, and -1 for a missed free throw

vDj TIL that coins dating back to ancient Roman times have been found across the US indicating they arrived before Columbus