Post * Mep87 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Japanese emoji put more emphasis on the eyes whereas western emoji put more emphasis on the mouth

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wO61 TIL that modern, “safer” playgrounds may be resulting in wimpier, more fearful kids – while actually increasing the risk of broken bones.

vPkZx TIL that the "Mandrill", the largest and arguably strongest of the Old World Monkeys, is the closest living relative to the smaller and weaker "Drill".

graPL TIL that there was a six-episode anime adaptation of Robert Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers

jNabn TIL that the largest amount of money ever stolen in a mugging is £291 million, stolen from a Bank of England courier in 1990 in an operation that involved the Five Families, the IRA, and Columbian drug lords

oo7 TIL that a white abolitionist, who would go on to kill and terrorize slave owners across the south, uttered the phrase “by whatever means necessary” 100 years before Malcolm X used a similar phrase.