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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xQN1 TIL Noah Webster wanted “women” spelled like “wimmen” and “tongue” spelled like “tung”.

VBRVk TIL that a company call Biology Resource Center used body parts of donated loved ones to create Frankenstein like builds and sold them for profit

oRMmR TIL the world’s oldest wild bird, a 74-year-old albatross, is expecting again.

OGy7R TIL When Tom Petty finished his album Full Moon Fever label head Irv Azoff refused to release it, insisting there were no hits on it. After he quit the album was released and spawned 5 hit singles, 3 of which went to #1, and went 5X platinum. The album had contributions from the Travelling Wilburys

gM4OD TIL There is an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe. "That’s 13 galaxies for every living person. Averaging 100 billion stars per galaxy, that’s 1.3 trillion stars, for you alone."