Post * VMNjZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that psychopathic men have a personality style that makes them more attractive to women and this is a reason why psychopaths still exist.

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8eEDb TIL that Charles Darwin often gave his old papers to his children for them to doodle on. Thus, much of what survives of his original Origin of Species manuscript represents the best of his children's writing and drawings, rather than the best of his work.

R70Ll TIL: John Moschitta, Jr. is the fastest talking man on earth, according to the Guinness book of world records. He can sing a Michael Jackson song in 20 seconds.

1Rmd TIL that bacteria called actinomycetes cause ‘the smell of rain.’

Z8vYR TIL Chlorox wipes are largely ineffective and need the surface to be wet for 4 minutes to disinfect.

b6kV9 TIL about 21% of beef in the US comes from culled dairy cows, sold for slaughter at around age 5 when their milk production drops off. This culling increases profitability and so subsidizes the cost of the milk production.