Post * PaKg — Curious Curator

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TIL that California has a larger population than all of Canada.

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85oZ TIL that Russia and the U.S. are both signatories on the Open Skies Treaty that allows intelligence gathering flights over any part of a member’s country, and not be restricted for reasons of national security.

R7rZ1 TIL President JFK had an affair with a 19 year old White House intern, including one instance where he dared her successfully to perform oral sex on his special assistant, Dave Powers

e09yE TIL trees are mostly made from the air, not the ground. They take carbon dioxide, use photosynthesis to split carbon off to make most of their mass, and "exhale" the oxygen.

VMQop TIL that dogs can tell when someone is pregnant. When you are pregnant you give off a body odor that dogs can smell. They can also tell by body shape and body language.

VBdV8 TIL that earthworms have "completely scrambled" genomes, and belong to the taxonomic class Clitellata.