Post * M7OA — Curious Curator

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TIL The whiskers of a cat are usually as long as the cat is wide, which helps them determine if their body will fit into a tight space.

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VMwRG Today I learned that there are 1.4 billion insects for every human on Earth. If all the humans in the world got on one scale, and all the bugs in the world got on another scale, the bugs would weigh more.

6m6l TIL that a 17th-century French noble swordswoman beat men in duels, sang at the opera, and rescued her lesbian lover from a convent by burning it down. She was pardoned by the king.

NyPQ TIL that places that end in -stan mean “places of” in Persian

awOQy TIL Prince Andrew gifted a memorial of a priest to a school he attended. The priest was a pedophile; the school has hidden the memorial

woEEY TIL the 1600 Huaynaputina eruption was the largest ever recorded in South America. Its profound impact on Earth's climate led to the worst famine of Russian history, as well as floods, cold waves, and famines worldwide. It might even have contributed to the onset of the Little Ice Age