Post * Lk4v0 — Curious Curator

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TIL Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire Killed 11% of the World's Population in the 13th Century

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78VRL TIL about project Cybersyn, an attempt to implement a socialist economy aided by real-time computer processing and pre-internet telecommunication-based coordination in 1970s Chile

X0GO8 Today I learned that the chorus of the song "Oh My Darling, Clementine" is from the point of view of a man who was romantically in love with Clementine, not that of Clementine's father.

YDLP TIL The Barrymore family is an acting dynasty; Drew Barrymore is a 4th generation actor and their family even has a historical marker in Philadelphia

8GM8 TIL the Manchineel tree, native to Florida, considered the most poisonous tree in the world, causes painful blisters if you stand under it during rain, blinds you if smoke from its burned wood touches your eyes, can poison water with its leaves and will cause death if you eat its fruits.

WkwxY TIL about "Denny," a "hybrid human" girl who was half Neanderthal and half Denisovan. She lived approximately 90,000 years ago, and represents the first time an ancient individual was discovered whose parents belonged to two distinct species of humans.