Post * OGMGe — Curious Curator

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TIL: That studies are concluding with a firm belief that the African continent is splitting in two.

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4k9o6 TIL in the 19th century, there was a French woman who had a breast on her left thigh. After she gave birth it began producing milk. She was able to use all three of her breasts to breastfeed her children.

yQ9El TIL that there are "hedomism calculators" like Felicific Calculus to work out how much pleasure or pain an act may produce

jOVQ TIL Pennies buried in a garden will repel slugs, which get electric shocks from touching copper and zinc

dJLj TIL in the Middle Ages warmed bread was placed in drinks to add flavor. By the 1700s, dunking toasted bread in a drink became a sign of respect. In Modern times, only the term “toast” remains when everyone raising a glass in salute.

GYMKG TIL that the town of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, was built around a large oak tree in 1717. Legend has it that George Washington and his troops camped under it during the Revolutionary War. The tree was estimated to be 619 years old when it died in 2016.