Post * LkB9v — Curious Curator

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TIL about the Library of Congress's Delta Collection, a secret collection of obscene materials that had restricted access

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awY7M TIL that panic buying during a pandemic is not new; during the Black Plague a physician in Vienna stated, ‘When the plague broke out, people gorged themselves with such amounts of angelica root that later nobody was able to purchase any, not even for considerable sums of money’.

GYLrE TIL about the "Herald of Free Enterprise," a ferry that capsized and killed 193 people because the crew forgot to close the bow doors.

Y4Kd TIL that in the 1908 dystopian novel “Lord of the World” a white-haired early 21st century Senator from Vermont is revealed to be the Anti-Christ.

9Y8k6 TIL about Neil Harbisson, a man with Achromatopsia (total colorblindness) who understands color with an antenna implanted in his skull that sends vibrations to his inner ear. He's also the first person to be recognized as a cyborg by the government

yVy5a TIL that birds are now using anti-bird spikes to build their nests.