Post * a89Y0 — Curious Curator

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TIL A man was awarded $7 million in damages after he developed a lung condition from eating two bags of popcorn every day and inhaling the steam from the bag

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QJgOe TIL that the football huddle was invented during the 1890’s by the quarterback of the all deaf Gallaudet College football team so that the players from the opposing teams wouldn’t be able to read the plays as they were signing them to each other.

4Xmgg TIL the sad truth about Holstein cows, like the massive 6’ 4” Knickers. Most Holsteins would grow to a similar size, but are instead slaughtered at around age 2. Knickers was not purchased at auction because he was too large for most slaughterhouse equipment.

0lpA TIL that the word “man” was originally gender neutral and “wer” and “wif” were used to describe males and females respectively. This is where the words like “wife” and “werewolf” are derived from.

lyR5 TIL There was once a 50 man pub brawl in a British pub over who would get the last bag of dry roasted peanuts

eMeb TIL of the Cathars - a medieval christian sect that condemned war and capital punishment; believed in reincarnation, two gods of good and evil and largely endorsed gender equality. They were annihilated by the Catholic Church.