Post * P4yZ — Curious Curator

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TIL Shaquille O'Neal, the genie from Kazaam, is also known for a career in basketball.

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lo4Xa TIL The main accusers of The Salem Witch Trials were a group of girls and young women from Salem Village who are often referred to as the “afflicted girls” because they claimed that witches were afflicting them by attacking them and making them ill.

VBEkm TIL that before 1950 Chickens were largely grown by Farming Wives as a sideline, and Americans ate no more than 6 birds per year per person. Post 1950, chicken farming became industrialized. Now the average American household eats Chicken 3-4 times a week for a total of 30 birds per year per person.

XEMxj TIL Chinese has so many characters that even China’s standard dictionary once forgot to include 30 already used in its preface

REDj TIL that in 2005, an Ethiopian girl was kidnapped and beaten by 7 men until a pride of lions chased her attackers off. The lions then stayed and defended her until help arrived.

kJ145 TIL Common Smoke detectors in Russia use weapons grade Plutonium-239 for the source.