Post * VEkB — Curious Curator

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TIl that Ancient Romans used coins with sex scenes – sprintia, to pay prostitutes for their services.

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1Ber TIL Ken Jarecke’s iconic photo of the Gulf War is unknown in America because the AP office in New York censored it. They deemed it was too sensitive and too graphic even for the newspaper editors to see, not even to let them make the decision of what the market they served could see.

eBND TIL That the oldest page still on the internet was from October 1st 1991.

R59Q8 TIL that when mating, the female Serromyia biting midge (no-see-um) drives her tongue like a drill into the male's head, pumping him full of acid. His insides melt, and she sucks him dry. The male's genitals break off, blocking the female from future mating.

rRGW TIL that almost all carrots used to be purple and it wasn’t until the 17th century that most of them became orange.

7GXx TIL that a stockbroker named Nicholas Winton brought 669 Czechoslovakian Jewish children to England, saving their lives. He refused to take credit for his deed until his wife found a scrapbook of the children that he saved and gave it to the BBC. He turns 104 this year.