Post * Zp5WQ — Curious Curator

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TIL a vertical black line on your nail could mean you have cancer or another health issue

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4kOKX TIL George Lucas’s dog, an Alaskan malamute named Indiana, was often taken by the Lucases on car drives and called their ‘furry copilot’. He was an inspiration for Chewbacca and the source of Indiana Jones’ name.

ADlVg TIL that when released in France in 2007, Ratatouille was not only praised for its technical accuracy and attention to culinary detail, it also drew the 4th highest opening-day attendance in French movie history.

16xMV TIL that one man has single-handedly mapped over 90% of the River Thames.

lPo5 TIL New York Times Reporter William Seabrook, in the interests of research, obtained a chunk of human meat from the body of a healthy human killed in an accident, then cooked and ate it. He reported, “It was like good, fully developed veal, not young, but not yet beef.

XE0Ek TIL that the oval office is not located at the center of the White House, but is instead at the corner of the West Wing building.