Post * O4ML — Curious Curator

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TIL the ‘Yin and Yang’ symbol was actually a shield design from the late Roman Army, and predates Taoist representations by almost 700 years

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vrJ7 TIL that within a year of being elected in 1980, Ronald Reagan was responsible for repealing restrictions on advertising to children, opening the floodgates for shows like Transformers, GI Joe and Carebears to dominate kids television and toy isles.

KY6QB TIL: Some species of pelicans develop “breeding horns” on their bills during their mating seasons that fall off after they lay their eggs

1a6vV Almost nothing looks more orderly than chess pieces before a match starts. The first move, however, begins a spiral into chaos. After both players move, 400 possible board setups exist. After the second pair of turns, there are 197,742 possible games, and after three moves, 121 million. At every turn, players chart a progressively more distinctive path, and each game evolves into one that has probably never been played before.

v1MXj TIL There is a conspiracy theory that Eminem died in 2006 and has been replaced by a clone

GYeW4 TIL that in 2015 a Texas man was hospitalized after trying to kill an armadillo. After shooting at the armadillo three times with a .38 revolver, one of the bullets ricocheted off the animal and hit him in the face. The armadillo was not found by the police after the incident.