Post * R5yyQ — Curious Curator

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TIL after a student took his own life learning he could not graduate due to insufficient grades, his mother prompted an investigation. It turns out an error by the university made him recieve the wrong grade.

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Wk6xB TIL Vin Diesel has played Dungeons and Dragons for 20 years, and even had a fake tattoo of his character's name on his stomach while filming xXx

Eg8bX TIL that the phrase Under Pressure comes from “peine forte et dure”, a 13th century practice that entailed pressing an accused with heavy weights until they agreed to enter a plea. At the time, rather than plead guilty or innocent to charges you could stand mute in the face of accusations

loA8a TIL that hair splinters are a thing. As bizarre as it seems to someone just learning about this, it's exactly what it sounds like. Hair piercing the skin like a normal splinter, although some people say it's more painful. And they're somewhat of an occupational hazard for hairstylists and barbers.

BgnLL TIL that monotremes (platypus and echidna) do not simply lay eggs like birds do; the eggs are retained within a mother for some time where they receive nutrients directly from her, similar to pregnancy. This dramatically shortens incubation time compared to reptiles and birds.

YpnVG TIL that the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster from WW2 Britain was never widely distributed during the war, and only became famous when a bookseller found an original poster in a box of old books in 2000, and commercialized it.