Post * M71x7 — Curious Curator

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TIL some bacteria evolved a needle-like structure for injecting other cells with special proteins. Type III secretion system , as it is called, is still poorly understood and we don't fully know how bacteria make them and how the needle itself works.

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kJnLE TIL that there is a well in England that has water that can turn any object into stone.

b6JBZ TIL Frances Bean Cobain (daughter of Kurt Cobain) filed for divorce from her 1st husband, Isaiah Silva, in 2016 after less than 2 years of marriage. They ended up fighting for custody of Kurt's guitar played during his MTV Unplugged performance in November 1993. The court awarded it to Silva.

QJ9Oa TIL that sideburns are not so-named because they grow on the side of a man's face. They're named after Civil War General Ambrose Burnside, who was admired in his time for his distinctive facial hair, even though today we'd likely refer to his style of facial hair as mutton chops.

GY051 TIL when John Carpenter was at University he was required to visit a mental institution and saw a boy with a blank, pale, emotionless face who eventually became the inspiration for Michael Myers in his Halloween movies.

dDxWQ TIL In 1974, President Idi Amin of Uganda sat atop a throne while forcing four white British businessmen to carry him through the streets of Kampala; as the businessmen groaned under the weight of Amin, he joked that this was "the new white man's burden".