Post * Oj7X — Curious Curator

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TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s first WWF persona was Rocky Maivia, a face (good guy). The audience rejected him due to his cheesy character, with chants of “Die, Rocky, die!”. After this, he became a heel (villain), referring to himself in the third person as “The Rock” and insulting the audience.

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x5J1 TIL that in 1140, when the Weibertreu Castle was defeated by King Konrad III, the women of the castle were granted free departure and allowed to take what they could carry. Thinking quickly, the women carried the men on their backs. The king kept his word and let the men live.

loeAG TIL in 2015 a new antibody test was announced by a researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston that can reveal every virus your body has ever mounted a response against. The researcher estimated it would cost $25 per test.

PYXpw TIL Mount Rushmore was supposed to be a sculpture of each president from head to waist but it ran out of funding so only the heads were finished

X0Odk TIL about Ophiocordyceps unilateralis or “Zombie Fungus” which takes control of an ant’s nervous system, causing it to climb to the top of a leaf or stem where it bites onto the surface and dies. The fungus then sprouts from the dead ant’s head and releases spores that infect other ants.

yVPxa TIL the oldest wooden church in the world is Greensted Church. Located in Essex England, it is also Englands oldest wooden building. The structure has stood for 1200 years, although of course work has been carried out multiple times over the centuries leaving little of its original construction.