Post * QNB0M — Curious Curator

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TIL the Simpsons creators shelved an Itchy & Scratchy spinoff because it made test audiences physically ill

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E1bZ0 TIL about the windshield phenomenon. People tend to find fewer insects smashed on the windscreens of their cars now compared to a decade or several decades ago.

D1NdP TIL that multiple skeletons were found in the basement of Benjamin Franklin's London home. The bones were discovered during a 1998 renovation of the house and were identified as being from nearly a dozen people, including six children.

Z85AG TIL that maggots can jump by curling their bodies, sticking themselves together and then pumping body fluids into one part until they unstick and explode upwards from the force

XEaoE TIL that last year in Denver there was a migration event for air mattresses. Resident Robb Manes was in his pool when two mattresses flew in. When he went outside there were 50 to 100 migrating across a field.

0mjM TIL green and red peppers are not distinct varieties; rather, green peppers are simply immature versions of red peppers.