Post * Wkood — Curious Curator

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TIL that rent parties played a major role in the development of jazz and blues music. Tenants would hire a musician or band to play and pass the hat to raise money to pay their rent and the musicians.

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9vom TIL that the discoverer of penicillin also warned us early on about the possibility of antibiotic resistant bacteria due to misuse of antibiotics.

5YQnP TIL That the Allies secretly built two entire portable harbors in the UK and towed them across the English Channel right after D-Day to attach to the just-captured beachheads. One was damaged in a storm. The other landed over 2.5 million men, 500,000 vehicles, and 4 million tons of supplies.

01XL TIL hedgehogs do not technically have quills and are NOT related to porcupines, rather Shrews.

rRQ1w TIL legendary R&B/soul singer Barry White was jailed for 4 months at age 16 for stealing $30,000 worth of Cadillac tires. While in jail, he heard Elvis Presley singing “Now Or Never” on the radio, an experience he later credited with changing the course of his life.

loMQ7 TIL giant manta ray have the largest brain of any fish — with especially developed areas for learning, problem solving and communicating. Giant manta rays are known to be playful and curious and might even recognize themselves in mirrors, a sign of self-awareness.