Post * OoylL — Curious Curator

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TIL that the popularity of salt and pepper as near universal table condiments was due to Louis XIV who considered most other forms of seasoning a vulgar act. Today, over 27,000 tons of black pepper is consumed by US alone.

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awDly TIL Emperor Penguins combat Antarctica's cold by -paradoxally- having its plumage colder than the surrounding air

4koj6 TIL in case Star Wars was a failure, George Lucas commissioned a low-budget sequel called "Splinter of the Mind's Eye."

ZpPlD TIL a carriage carrying US President Theodore Roosevelt was struck by a trolley that was speeding because its occupants wanted to meet him and were running late. The crash injured Roosevelt and killed his bodyguard & good friend William Craig.

0wdk1 TIL that William Adams, an English navigator during the 1600's, became the first of his nation to reach Japan, and was recognized as one of the first ever Western samurai.

0dgRA TIL the ankle–brachial index is the ratio of the blood pressure at the ankle to the blood pressure in the upper arm. Measurements are taken when the person is lying down, face upwards on a table without the head or extremities dangling over the edges. It's used to check for peripheral artery disease