Post * W598 — Curious Curator

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TIL, Theodore Roosevelt referred to Thomas Paine, who came up with the terms “United States of America,” as a “filthy little atheist.”

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EgZmp TIL that blue whales and fin whales can produce fertile hybrids, despite their genetic distance being similair to that between humans and gorillas.

JEPj TIL a man tried to kill another man on live TV with his magical powers. After several hours, the magical man suggested he never died because the god he worshiped is protecting him. The man replied and said he was an atheist.

KOJ6G TIL that one of the largest mammals to ever exist was an elephant-sized ground sloth

m1Pgx TIL that birth order affects lifetime health. Firstborn children tend to have worse health at birth. Firstborns are more likely to receive care for depression in childhood and to develop diabetes in later life, while younger siblings are more likely to be hospitalized in for drug and alcohol abuse.

VAJ8 TIL in season one of HBO’s Game of Thrones, the Dire wolves were played by a relatively new breed of dog known as the Northern Inuit Dog.