Post * OOd4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that breasts have been referred to as “melon[s]” since the times of Ancient Greece

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VBWQm TIL the shrew family has probably the largest population of any mammal family, estimated to be at 100 billion.

oRVxE TIL that Nobel prize winner James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA double helix structure, invested in Facebook early and is now a multi-billionaire worth $20,000,000,000 US dollars.

dJYK TIL In the 1930’s, horse jockey Ralph Neves was thrown from his horse during a race, declared dead and taken to the morgue. Hours later, he woke up in the morgue, caught a cab back to the racetrack and proceeded to win the next race, along with a $500 gold watch donated by Bing Crosby.

LkXEd TIL: When scientists found harpoon tips from the 19th century in bowhead whales, they got curious about how old they were and discovered they are one of the oldest vertebrates in the world, living to be over 200 years old.

4wYo TIL Greenland got its name because the Viking who discovered it was banished from Iceland and felt lonely in his new homeland, so he named and advertised it as the lush ‘Greenland’ to attract settlers, despite the fact that it was actually a completely barren and largely uninhabitable land