Post * N74DE — Curious Curator

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TIL people are more likely to cheat on their spouse when they are on a diet due to willpower being an exhaustible mental resource.

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p1K4 TIL the Skunk Cabbage is one of a few plants that generates its own heat, 20 degrees Celsius/36 degrees Fahrenheit on average, above the outside air temperature. This allows the plant to melt through the snow and flower while snow is still on the ground.

YEn7 TIL Martin Luther King Jr. convinced actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) to not quit her role on the original series of ‘Star Trek’ because he believes that showing a black woman work alongside white men would help achieve racial equality.

xwx7 TIL That on September 12, 2001 The Queen of England broke palace tradition to play the American national anthem for all stranded Americans in the U.K.

R7088 TIL that long-nosed bats help bring the world tequila by pollinating agave plants every autumn during their 2,000 mile migration from Arizona to Mexico.

R5vJa TIL that during WWII the German army developed an amphibious automobile called the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen. It had a top speed of 50MPH and 4 wheel drive only in first gear. Of the 15,000+ Schwimmwagens, only 186 are still around and are sought after by VW enthusiasts.