Post * QNXM — Curious Curator

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TIL that the recipe for Greek fire, an ancient incendiary weapon that would burn on water, has not been determined to this day.

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N784N TIL about Genna, a traditional Ethiopian sport similar to field hockey, played on a cow field without removing the cows. The goals are sometimes miles apart.

8ex14 TIL not only is there Gary Oldman and Gary Newman, there is also an accomplished Hollywood producer named Gary Goldman.

09oL TIL in the US, more babies are born on Monday and Tuesday than any other day because doctors don’t like scheduling c-sections and induced labour on the weekend.

69ADZ TIL Pigeons use Earth's magnetic field to navigate. A small spot on their beak contains magnetite which acts as a tiny GPS unit for the homing pigeon by giving it information about its position relative to Earth's poles.

8a7oZ TIL that Louis Armstrong wore a Star of David pendant for most of his life, up until the day he died, to commemorate a Jewish family that had taken him in and cared for him as a child.