Post * LQDaZ — Curious Curator

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TIL The pink suit worn by Jacqueline Kennedy was not an actual Chanel suit. At a time when wearing clothes made in America was important for FLOTUS, it was made using materials supplied by Chanel in Paris. The outfit was a line-for-line copy from the New York shop Chez Ninon.

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KDg6 TIL an Indian businessman had 15 goldsmiths working for 15 days to construct him a shirt made out of solid gold which cost $230,888.

1aoYd TIL Research shows distinct changes in the brains of London taxi drivers throughout the process of acquiring 'The Knowledge' (memorising the 320 routes within 6 miles of Charring Cross). An increase in grey matter and better memory "proved the brain could adapt to new tasks, even in adulthood."

nWjwB TIL High heels were originally worn by men and became associated with the upper class

Wklv8 TIL about the egg ovens of ancient Egypt- brick incubators created during the fourth century BC that were capable of hatching out thousands of eggs in 2-3 weeks. Two hundred of them are still in use today, the techniques involved passed down orally for more than two thousand years.

b69w7 TIL Radiocarbon dating needs to take in account the effects of both fossil fuel burning (which increases the amount of non-radioactive carbon in the atmosphere) and nuclear tests (which increases the amount of radioactive carbon)