Post * N781P — Curious Curator

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TIL A squirrel can survive a fall from practically any height because they reach terminal velocity at a very low elevation and their bodies act like little parachutes.

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JY80k TIL Warren Zevon's famous "Werewolves of London" was the product of Phil Everly jokingly telling Zevon to adapt the title of the film Werewolf of London into a song and dance craze. Zevon and others wrote the song in 15 minutes

JYdaB TIL Cocaine is still used in surgeries and hospitals as a local anesthetic for the nose and mouth during procedures, and can be used to stem nasal hemorrhaging in an emergency situation. It is still endorsed by The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for medical use.

XE6p8 TIL that drinking OJ after brushing your teeth tastes bad because of a foaming ingredient in toothpaste which blocks your ability to taste sweetness, and you're left with the pure acidity and bitterness of the fruit.

XEXVQ TIL in September 1940, British pilot Ray Holmes saved Buckingham Palace from being hit by German bombing, when he used his Hawker Hurricane to destroy a Dornier Do 17 bomber over London by ramming but at the loss of his own aircraft (and almost his own life)

ydMl TIL that M. Night Shyamalan was writing the fourth Indiana Jones movie. He left, claiming it was difficult to get Steven Spielberg and George Lucas to focus.