Post * ZWGY — Curious Curator

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TIL in 2000, a Wild Turkey whiskey storage facility caught fire, spilling 17,000 barrels of flaming whiskey into the surrounding woods, catching them ablaze. Twenty percent of the whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River, disrupting its oxygen supply, killing 228,000 fish along 66 miles of the river.

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rRjgd TIL that some crustaceans absorb carbon for their shells and sink to the seafloor when they die, turning into rock and locking away the carbon.

wooQ6 TIL it’s better to not rinse after brushing

vAYx TIL Cadbury won a 1909 libel suit against a publication for mentioning their delay in ceasing cacao purchase from countries with slave labor. The jury awarded one-fourth of a penny.

Xv4k TIL Women used to bald just like men but that feature died out due to reproductive selection in prehistoric society.

GYbD7 TIL in 1974, Crips leader Stanley “Tookie” “Williams encountered a body builder named Arnold Schwarzenegger who complimented Williams’ muscular physique. Decades later, Arnold Schwarzenegger would deny Williams a clemency decision that would’ve saved him from a state-administered lethal injection.