Post * R5rRj — Curious Curator

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TIL that after Colonel Sanders sold KFC, he still made surprise visits to KFC restaurants. If the food disappointed him, he’d denounce it as "God-damned slop" or knock it on the floor. In 1973, KFC’s owner sued him for libel after he publicly called their gravy "sludge" with a "wall-paper taste.”

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X0VxX TIL Jayne Mansfield's bosom(40D-21-36)was behind bra development in the 50's & she helped popularize bikinis. She slept w/both John&Bobby Kennedy,was dubbed Hollywood's smartest dumb blonde with an IQ over 160 & was the 1st major Am. actress to perform in a nude scene post silent era.She died at 34.

nVYP TIL A monkey hung himself with a gibbet of his making after witnessing many public executions and then examining a hangman’s noose.

KGA4 TIL the Beatles played a demo copy of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” before its release at full volume from an open apartment window at 6AM. Instead of complaining, the residents opened their windows and listened, aware they were hearing unreleased Beatles music.

wlNo TIL a geneticist at Utah State University has created “spider-goats.” He took the gene that encodes dragline silk from an orb-weaver spider and placed it among the DNA that prompts milk production in a goat’s udders. The silk produced is stronger than Kevlar and is suitable for ligament repairs.

Z8QdG TIL around 3000 ethnic groups around the world use insects as a source of food. Insect eating is common in Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. 80% of the world's nations eat insects of 1000 to 2000 species. About 2 billion people worldwide regularly consume insects.