Post * VBRbZ — Curious Curator

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TIL of Didymus Chalcenterus (literally Didymus Bronze-Guts) the most prolific known writer of antiquity who wrote between 3500 and 4000 treatises. He became known as "Book-Forgetter" since he was unable to remember what he had written previously and often contradicted himself.

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XERpP TIL The Tuatara of New Zealand is the last surviving species of a once widespread order of reptiles that separated 250 mil years ago. It retains a variety of primitive features not found in other reptiles. They live over 100 years and operate with body temperatures down to 42F (5.2C)

MedpA TIL Taras Shevchenko was born a serf in 1814 occupied Ukraine, became an orphan at 12, bought his freedom with a help of a famous painter who recognized Shevchenko's talent, and rose to become the most famous Ukrainian poet and painter with unmatched cultural significance for the Ukrainian nation.

p8GNb TIL that Mars experiences all four seasons similarly to Earth but twice as long due to its axes tilted at 25° and the length of its orbit around the Sun.

0dJEN TIL the bubbles in champagne form tight lines rising to the top & most other carbonated beverages don't. Champagne contains surfactant molecules that keep the bubbles from leaving a wake as they move, preventing them from acting like the connected simultaneously-rising bubbles in other drinks.

dWMj TIL in 1806 the fattest man in the world fought a bear in the streets of Leicester.