Post * Zy4B — Curious Curator

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TIL Someone made a Jack Torrance twitter account, with over 1 million tweets saying the same thing

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1AyW TIL coffee comes from an edible fruit. The coffee cherry is sweet and tastes like watermelon, rosewater, and hibiscus all at once.

E1l6o TIL rabbits are bad luck on the Isle of Portland so much so that if a quarry worker saw one, the whole crew would go home until the area was deemed safe to return.

W7OWo TIL the United States Geological Survey (USGS) uses the term "Gage" instead of "Gauge" because one employee in 1892 reasoned that the term "Gage" was the "proper Saxon spelling," instead of the Norman "Gauge"

J8MQ TIL the smell of “Freshly cut grass” is caused by cis-3-Hexen-1-ol, A leaf Alcohol

AKG4 TIL Mob boss John Gotti’s youngest son was hit by a neighbors car while riding a mini bike, and killed. Not long after the accident the neighbor went missing and has never been found