Post * WkRAo — Curious Curator

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TIL that Women living in Ancient Sparta and Athens had dramatically different experiences.

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QJ5Ak TIL research has found a body mass index (BMI) of 27 is linked to the lowest rate of death – but someone with a BMI of 27 is currently classed as being overweight.

R7aoQ TIL Nigeria's population is expected to not only surpass the US' population by the end of 2050, but to also become the third most populous country by the end of the century

D16Gr TIL on 25th January 1996 Billy Bailey was executed by hanging. He is only the third person to be executed in the US by hanging since 1965. The gallows used were dismantled in 2003 as Delaware stopped allowing death row inmates this option of execution

a8BKy TIL crickets actually use stridulation to create their chirp, a way of making sounds through the vibrations of their wings. Similar to running your finger down the teeth of a comb

Ed0P TIL that the actress who voiced Snow White in the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was forbidden to appear in any other film, television or media after the film was released until her death. Disney didn’t want to “Ruin the illusion of Snow White.”