Post * OP8Y — Curious Curator

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TIL that the musicians in Pink Floyd did not do drugs while recording their influential albums, and founding member Roger Waters has “no idea” why their music is associated with drug culture.

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PKdn TIL when Columbian drug lord Pablo Escolar’s home was raided, the military released the dangerous hippos of his personal zoo, not knowing what to do with them. They now thrive in the Columbian rivers. This makes Columbia have the largest wild hippo population outside of Africa.

LDWZ TIL a quasar group called LQG is the largest known structure in the Universe. The group is so large that it would take a vehicle traveling at the speed of light some 4 billion years to cross it

E1ROw TIL The Russian settlement of Shakhtyorsky was abolished due to it no longer being considered economically viable to continue mining in the area. The Russian government guaranteed funds to transport non-working pensioners and the unemployed in liquidated settlements to other parts of Russia

NXEEM TIL Mick Jagger had children with 5 different women. In total he has 8 children, 5 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

Mdo7 TIL that eating any portion of the human brain can cause Prion disease, which is incurable and comes with a high mortality rate.