Post * b6Rdj — Curious Curator

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TIL when Freud developed the concepts of the id, ego, and superego in psychology, the original German words he used literally meant "The it, I, and over-I". Id, ego, and superego were the words chosen by English translators

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ZpdbB TIL Up until the late 19th century in Naples, pasta was a street food eaten with bare hands. People would tilt back their head and lower the pasta into their open mouths, often one uninterrupted fistful after another. Tourists would come to Naples just to watch the locals eat in the streets.

Y7Gwv TIL: Though uncommon, some peoples used entire bird carcasses, with wicks pulled through from anus to mouth, as candles.

R7n59 TIL that Keanu Reeves trained for four months in karate for The Matrix. Later, he learned over 200 martial arts moves for Matrix Reloaded. He also learned Judo and Jujitso for John Wick.

9YDED TIL that the best spot in New York City to watch women's skirts being whipped around was the windy area around the Flatiron Building. In fact, policemen would occasionally have to shoo away these perpetual watches, and the expression '23 Skidoo' was said to have been born on this windswept corner.