Post * Lk0Br — Curious Curator

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TIL that when the Camaro name was unveiled by General Motors in 1966, 200 journalists present asked Chevrolet managers what it meant. They replied, “a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs.”

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78WZO TIL that people with a rare genetic disorder called Xerodermia pigmentosum cannot sustain ultraviolet light. So, if exposed to the sun, they will get a severe sunburn. These people also face freckling, dry skin, and changes in skin pigmentation. They are a high risk group for skin cancer.

gr07 TIL that the Fresh Prince actually flew first class from Philly to Bel Air in a verse that got cut for TV. This whole time I thought he took the smelly cab the whole way.

b97ja TIL that Hey Arnold originally started out as a series claymation shorts on Sesame Street

womvo TIL Drizzle is actually a distinct form of precipitation from rain, consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain – generally smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter.

PYbkO TIL that blind people may detect and respond to light if it is a kind of skyblue light at 481nm. "There is more to the eye than rods and cones — the discovery of a third photoreceptor is rewriting the visual rulebook."