Post * awxE0 — Curious Curator

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TIL about physician Fukuchi Masaichi. His research on the subject of human skin brought him into contact with many people that had tattoos. He therefore became interested in 1926 in the art of Japanese tattoo,led autopsies on corpses,removed the skin and did research on methods to preserve the skin.

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kJ0Vd TIL the Normandy beach names of Utah & Omaha were selected at random, when a general asked two NCOs where they were from. The British & Canadian names were abbreviations for certain fish: goldfish, swordfish & jellyfish. Jelly was changed to Juno in honour of the wife of one of the officers

bma9 TIL that, for unclear reasons, engineers and engineering students have a significantly above-average likelihood to engage in terrorist activity

Ypkvv TIL a man sent free tennis balls to people all over the world if they promised to use them to play with their dogs

aw46o TIL that Maria Sharapova's on court grunt has been recorded at a volume of 101 decibels. That's louder than a motorcycle, a lawnmower and a small aircraft. In fact it's only 5 decibels less than a lion's roar.

QNDQL TIL: The native languages of Madagascar (Malagasy) and Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are in the same language family [Austronesian]. In the direction that was travelled by settlers these locations are more than halfway around the earth from each other.