Post * QJjEk — Curious Curator

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TIL, unless you have particularly rare facial features, you MAY have literally thousands of doppelgängers (nearly identical lookalikes) around the world

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yQlpM TIL that the first named author in history was a woman named Enheduanna from the Sumerian city state of Ur (modern Iraq) in the 23rd century BCE. As a high priestess, she wrote hymns and poems that were in circulation for hundreds of years after her death.

lo8eA TIL that a typical microwave oven consumes more electricity powering its clock than it does heating food.

QNNld TIL that TVs used to end broadcasting and go static at midnight

Bggbr TIL venomous injuries largely from contact with hornets, wasps and bees resulted in an average of more than 56 fatalities per year in the United States, compared with about one per year from alligator attacks

KOQba TIL Peter Benchley regretted writing JAWS. Later in life, he became an ocean activist and wrote books advocating shark conservation.