Post * X4QD — Curious Curator

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TIL Brown eyes are actually blue underneath the brown, and as a result there exists laser surgery to turn brown eyes blue

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MeB8B TIL Codpiece (Middle English: cod, meaning “scrotum”), feature of 15-16th c. men’s fashion, was shaped & padded to emphasize the genital area. It became fashionable to design the codpiece to hold the penis in a position insinuating it was erect constantly—a statement of political and economic power.

grE57 TIL about a NASA plan to build a giant telescope with a diameter over 1km in one of the craters on the moon.

ne14d TIL That Infamous Alabama Governor George Wallace Took The Oath of Office standing on a gold star, which marked the very spot that The President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis stood when he took the oath in 1861.

LQo6m TIL Athletic wheelchairs have slanting wheels because their wider footprint makes them more stable and quick to take tighter turns. They also have better ergonomics and accelerate faster than regular wheelchairs.

dLLZ TIL: Tesla Motors wanted to name their 2017 car the “Model E”, so they could spell “ SEX” with their three car models. Ford Motors threatened legal action, so they changed it to “Model 3”, to spell “ S3X”.