Post * OypY — Curious Curator

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TIL that an idea from Donald Duck comic was used to raise a sunken ship, and the prior art from the comic may have been used to deny a patent on the ship raising method

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yQXjM TIL Men process other men's voices with the part of the brain that processes simple sounds such as car engines and machinery, but they process female voices with the part of the brain that process music

v1OW7 TIL When you cry because of something emotional your tears contain a natural pain killer and mood enhancer, which is said to be the reason why crying makes you feel better.

wyrP TIL That out of the 238 years that the United States of America has been a nation, 216 of those years has been in conflict or war, which is about 90% of the time.

ykW8 TIL: Johnny Depp never travels without his Captain Jack Sparrow costume as he often surprises kids in the hospital by showing up as Captain Jack Sparrow. Said visits usually turn into two to three hour improv sessions which Depp finds “really fun”

Avd TIL there is a Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams who missed almost five full baseball seasons fighting as a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War and still managed to hit 521 home runs.