Post * VEnD — Curious Curator

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TIL that washing your hair actually damages it and doctors usually don’t comment on it because its not medically harmful.

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xVlP0 TIL that the detonation of a suicide vest will often peel the face off the bomber and launch it, intact, away from the blast. This can be very helpful in identifying the bomber.

QNdYe TIL After losing the 1960 Presidential Election, Nixon ran for governor of California in 1962 and lost, leading to his "last press conference" where he said "you don't have Nixon to kick around any more, because gentleman, this is my last press conference." He would win the presidency 6 years later.

X0D1j TIL There is another planet that orbits the sun on the outer-reaches of our solar system, sedna

QJ41a TIL Female Dragonflies will fake their own deaths in order to avoid sexual advances from unwanted males.

ne6lB TIL High heels were originally worn by men. Wealthy 17th-century men in Europe wore them to imply their upper-class status; only someone who did not have to work could afford, both financially and practically, to wear such extravagant shoes.