Post * X0Kmr — Curious Curator

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TIL In 1st century China there were two rebellions were led by a peasant faction called the "Red Eyebrows". They painted their eyebrows red so they could easily tell which soldiers were on their side during a battle.

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GAWYE TIL that during the French Revolution France established a state-sponsored atheistic religion called the Cult of Reason to replace Catholicism. It only lasted about a year and was later banned by Napoleon

5b9R TIL that Orson Welles staged an all black production of Macbeth, with Haitian Vodouists as the witches. Percy Hammond gave it a bad review, and one vodouist created a doll in Hammond’s likeness, stabbing it repeatedly. Hammond was found dead shortly after.

0dAZ1 TIL that Agave - the source of all tequila - is a member of the Asparagus family

LQpad TIL when Mike Meaney began his record attempt at being buried alive he neglected to tell his wife about his plan. She found out from listening to the radio. He staged workouts in a pub while in an oversized coffin, ate a diet of steak and cigarettes, and then spent 61 days buried alive

OoGW1 TIL a Czech brewery uses crayfish to ensure the purity of its water supply. The crayfish are fitted with tiny sensors which monitor heart rate and movement to detect when the animals react to impurities in the water.