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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j6eVa TIL there almost were programmable, steam-driven computers in the 1840s

l7aJG TIL beaver dams saved a wetland in the Czech Republic. The government was planning to do the same thing, but the bureaucracy took too long. The dams saved $1.2 million.

dD5Jr TIL The name Elphaba from Wicked was inspired by L. Frank Baum (L.F.B.), author of The Wizard of Oz.

Lk9AV TIL Mouse do not have a special appetite for cheese, and will eat it only for lack of better options; they actually favor sweet, sugary foods. It is unclear where the myth came from.

awYM0 TIL that someone has placed a gnome garden at the bottom of Wast Water lake in England. It was removed by police after three divers died while searching for it, but it is rumored to have reappeared at a point deeper than police are allowed to dive.