Post * Zg0R — Curious Curator

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TIL there is a group of Pacific Islanders that can control their pupil dilation and see clearly underwater.

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0VD1 TIL papercuts hurt so much because they bleed very little, if at all, leaving the skins pain receptors open to air

69Rrm TIL The last mounted US cavalry charge was made in the Philippines on January 16, 1942. As the Japanese surged across the Batalan River, E and F Troops of the 26th drew up their horses in perfect formation. The 26th fought on horse and on foot, tossing gasoline-filled soda bottles at enemy tanks

P71w TIL The Canadian $100 banknote featured an Asian woman on the back using a microscope. People complained that it was stereotyping Asians as being good at technology. She was replaced with a Caucasian woman, and then more people complained that Caucasians were being favored.

XEnvR TIL of Radiotrophic Fungus, originally found in Chernobyl, that utilize Melanin to turn Gamma radiation into Chemical Energy. Similar to how plants use Chlorophyll to turn sunlight into Energy.

kO577 TIL the Church of Scientology is classified a ‘vexatious litigant’ having abused the federal court system by using it to destroy their opponents, rather than resolve an actual dispute. Central California’s US District Court has never seen a more glaring example of bad faith litigation.