Post * Y7YGd — Curious Curator

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TIL Buddy, the dog actor who played Air Bud, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and died tragically young at age 9 or 10- Only a year after the release of the first movie. The sequel, Air Bud: Golden Receiver, was dedicated in memory of Buddy.

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8aBxK TIL about Clarence Dally, perhaps the first person to die of man-made radiation in 1904. He was an assistant to Thomas Edison on a new x-ray machine. He had to have both of his hands amputated but eventually died from cancer. Edison refused to work with x-rays ever again.

74px TIL there is a Japanese word, kenjataimu, for the post-orgasmic period when a man’s thoughts are no longer impaired by his sexual drive and he can think clearly like a “sage” of clear mind.

QWla TIL a married couple in the UK realized they were twins separated at birth

d8Mjr TIL Camels do not store water in their humps. The humps are actually reservoirs for fatty tissue. Concentrating fat in their humps minimizes insulation throughout the rest of the body, thus allowing camels to survive in such extreme hot regions.

nenQo TIL A review of decades of research shows children of same-sex couples are doing just as well as kids of heterosexual couples across a number of wellbeing measures, including academic performance, cognitive development, social development, and psychological health.