Post * PYxxg — Curious Curator

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TIL of Mercedes de Acosta, a writer who had many salacious love affairs with famous women in the 1920s and 30s, including Isadora Duncan, Marlene Dietrich, and Greta Garbo. She reportedly claimed, “I can get any woman away from any man.”

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m10bR TIL Titanic Officer, Charles Lightoller later assisted evacuation efforts in Dunkirk during WWII. The character, Dawson, in the Christopher Nolan film, was inspired by him.

rmZW TIL God killed more than 2 million (numbered) people in the bible, while Satan killed 10

EjNP TIL although Iceland is considered politically as part of Europe, it is geographically North American and European at the same time, due to the fact that half of Iceland belongs to the Eurasian plate and the other half to the North American plate.

GYvv5 TIL the rhinoceros viper is found in the forests of West and Central Africa. This colorful and nocturnal viper is considered to be one of the most venomous snakes in Africa, producing both a neurotoxic as well as hemotoxic venom, although very few cases of human envenomation have ever been reported.

5YVdr TIL That the iPhone (and smartphones in general) have negatively impacted the sale of gum because people are more consumed with their phones and are less inclined to impulse buy when waiting to checkout at a store.