Post * am6N — Curious Curator

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TIL there is a Japanese spirit that haunts people by bending over, revealing a giant eye protruding from his butthole

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nOrW TIL that during WWII the Dutch resistance recruited teen girls to seduce Nazis so they could shoot them in the woods

dDMaQ TIL of Macadam roads. These roads were convex, raised a few inches, and made of layered crushed rock; they were state-of-the-art for the 19th century. The rise of automobiles led to the dust issues that were solved by binding the roads with tar, leading to the invention of tarmac.

awwG0 TIL Singapore is the largest importer of sand world-wide and the world’s highest per capita consumer of sand at 5.4 tonnes per inhabitant

9wKem TIL That humans start walking in circles when there is no external point of reference, like a mountain or the moon. There is no known explanation for this.

D150j TIL Human Evolution solves the same problem in different ways. Native Early peoples adapted to high altitudes differently: In the Andes, their hearts got stronger, in Tibet their blood carries oxygen more efficiently.