Post * Z8Mkv — Curious Curator

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TIL that asbestos continues to be used in the United States and contributes to an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 deaths annually.

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p8n4G TIL At the battle of Cannae, Rome lost 1/5 of its entire male population. Yet, the Republic continued to demand unconditional surrender from Carthage, and eventually won the war.

78A9X TIL that electric cars are not a modern invention. In the early 1900s, electric vehicles accounted for about a third of all vehicles on the road and were popular due to their quiet and clean operation, especially in urban areas.

90rB TIL there is an english village which has a scale model of itself, inside a scale model of iteself, inside a scale model of itself, inside a scale model of itself.

g59W TIL Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, taught French at Eton to an Eric Blair, who would later go on to use the pen name George Orwell.

loMbK TIL sea urchins are called "sea urchins" because hedgehogs were called called "urchins" until about the 15th century. Therefore, sea urchins are ocean hedgehogs.