Post * QloX — Curious Curator

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TIL people who believe in the paranormal are more likely to “see” nonexistant things in images

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ZZ7B TIL the Eiffel Tower’s construction permit required it to be removed 20 years after it was completed (1909).

yVbEl TIL that the "Beatles" name was inspired by Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who was a big early influence on the band

WkA1X TIL almond extract is often commercially made from the inside of peach pits, not almonds at all.

VBXZG TIL when Britain entered WWI, J. R. R. Tolkien's relatives were shocked that he didn't volunteer for the British Army, which was expected of young men at the time. He later recalled, "It was a nasty cleft to be in for a young man with too much imagination and little physical courage."

X0DDj TIL during the Apollo 16 lunar mission in 1972, the crew brought a lunar rock first collected by Apollo 12 in 1969 BACK to the moon as part of a magnetic field experiment. The rock ended up travelling back and forth between moon and Earth twice.