Post * LdOp — Curious Curator

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TIL that 100,000 years ago, at least three major rivers existed in Sahara

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W6vY TIL That according to Jayne Gackenbach,a psychologist, people who frequently play video games are more likely than non-gamers to have lucid dreams where they view themselves from outside their bodies;they were also better able to influence their dream worlds,as if controlling a video-game character.

0ZX1 TIL execution by mortar shell is a thing in North Korea

4XvKa TIL In 1906, a Moroccan serial killer was sentenced to be walled up alive after he was found guilty of murdering 36 women (the bodies were found buried beneath his shop and garden). His cries for help were heard for two days before he went silent.

VMXN8 TIL in the popcorn industry, two shapes of kernels are commercially important. "Butterfly" kernels are light and fluffy, their many appendages absorbing butter and salt well. "Mushroom" kernels are typically much sturdier then the butterfly ones, and are often used in making confectionery popcorn.

w9v7 TIL 50 years ago the Israeli Air Force attacked US Navy Research Ship USS Liberty killing 34 crew members and injuring 171. There is ongoing controversy over whether the attack was truly accidental.