Post * WkOGX — Curious Curator

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TIL: Before there were Mexican Federales, there were Mexican Rurales

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JYK5k TIL that the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety is called "The Golden Ass"

m11vy TIL Achoo Syndrome is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing after sudden exposure to bright light such as the sun.

XEPQ6 TIL Contrary to popular lore, there was no epidemic of suicides in the wake of the Stock Market Crash of 1929. One contemporary reference to the myth was written by a British reporter who had been very badly burned in the market himself, the reporter’s name was Winston Churchill.

nWPBd TIL The banana flower can be purple and is considered a delicacy.

Bg6pr TIL that there is a single group of indigenous people, the Yupik, who lived in both the Americas and Eurasia (Russia) prior to European discovery of the new world.