Post * RyVj — Curious Curator

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TIL that humans are more genetically similar to cats (90% in common) than dogs (82%).

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oBvLo TIL there is a "Robot Scientist" named Adam - in 2009, "Adam became the first machine in history to have discovered new scientific knowledge independently of its human creators"

9wNdm TIL in 2013 a team of snipers destroyed 17 electrical transformers at the Metcalf Transmission Substation in CA, described as a 'professional job' using 'military-style weapons.' Fiber optic cables were cut prior to the attack and no suspects have ever been publicly identified.

5YQek TIL American Noah Webster is primarily responsible for the differences between American and British spelling, but many of his changes never stuck, such as medicine=medicin, ache=ake, soup=soop, tongue=tung, women=wimmen, and weather=wether

OoQvY TIL the term "dark ages" do not refer to the period where science was shunned. It was a term coined by Francesco Petrarca in the 1300's, criticizing the lack of good literature following Rome's fall.

a86Eo TIL today in 1895, the Japanese violently slayed Empress Myeongseong (aka Queen Min) of Joseon Korea. She was an intelligent woman and the most important reformist in Joseon court. Western historians later describe the act "unspeakably barbaric"