Post * OoaAg — Curious Curator

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TIL that in languages where spelling is highly phonetic (e.g. Italian) often lack an equivalent verb for "to spell". To clarify, one will often ask "how is it written?" and the response will be a careful pronunciation of the word, since this is sufficient to spell it.

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gkYD TIL That Patrick Stewart expected Star Trek: TNG to fail and would not have joined if he’d known it would air for seven seasons.

9YRem TIL about Smoky the dog, who was a Yorkshire dog found in New Guinea by an American Soldier during WWII and survived 150 Air Raids and once parachuted from 30ft in the air. She was later rewarded with Eight Battle Stars and was also the First Recorded Therapy Dog.

ZpmvD TIL that Venezuelan serial killer and cannibal Dorangel Vargas - who confessed to killing and eating at least ten individuals. He declared that men's meat tastes better than women's and that he avoided eating fat people because of high cholesterol levels.

oYn8 TIL that Hans and Margret Rey, two jews, fled Paris in 1940 on bicycles Hans had built. They escaped just hours before the Nazis seized Paris. Among the few possessions they carried was the illustrated manuscript of the first Curious George book, which they would later get published in New York.

W7pKL TIL about Dupuytren’s Disease, which causes nodules and chords to form in the palm of you hand, and prevents you from fully opening/relaxing your fingers after a while (which is called Dupuytren’s Contracture). Newer treatments involve injecting an enzyme and audibly snapping the cord.