Post * a6Zo — Curious Curator

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TIL When the first Alien script was written, all parts were meant to be interchangeable for men or women.

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5K6r TIL that while smiling is perceived as a positive emotion most of the time, there are many cultures that see it as a negative expression and consider it unwelcoming. Too much smiling can be viewed as a sign of shallowness or dishonesty. Japanese people may smile when they are confused or angry.

ADMB4 TIL of Distichlis palmeri, a grain plant with a high salt tolerance. Until recently it was thought to be extinct. But a breeding program of the remaining plants has bred varieties with yields of 2 tons per hectare, and is a strong candidate to become a major global food crop.

X5L8 TIL during his time in the army James Blunt once disobeyed orders from a US general - to attack a group of Russian troops.

ex5E TIL: That the common belief that a person drowning (or close to) will yell and wave their arms is the opposite of the truth - instead the “Instinctive Drowning Response” kicks in.

gkgy TIL scientists have found the oldest organism known, a 100,000-year-old underwater giant nine miles across and weighing 6600 tons, floating in the Mediterranean Sea. This organism is a large patch of asexually-reproducing seagrass.