Post * ZpmkY — Curious Curator

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TIL Atheism is a religion recognized by a court of law as such.

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J1vv1 TIL Anne Rice was named after her father

RBx8 TIL: Bats exert no energy to hang upside down, instead relying on its body weight to keep it’s talons closed.

mxrBR TIL that Stanisław Kowalski is the oldest man in Poland and still competes in sprinting, shot put and discus. He credits his longevity to never going to the doctor and doing whatever he wants

E1Pr7 TIL that the dolphin brain is even more “folded” than humans’ and was this way millions of years before the first appearance of humans. Scientists often measure intelligence by the number of brain “folds.”

DQpWr TIL that US dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollar coins were minted in 90% silver until 1964, but this was changed to nickel and copper starting in 1965 because the price of silver had risen to a point where the coins were worth more in silver than their face value.