Post * b6YVE — Curious Curator

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TIL: Eumachia was a Roman business woman and priestess, being one of the few wealthy women of the time and funded many public buildings under the practice of euergetism, which is the practice in which high status/wealthy distribute their wealth to the community. Her statue is in the Naples Museum.

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w5ZJ TIL Mark Twain told an interviewer that he was not actually Mark Twain, but Mark Twain’s twin brother, but since his parents couldn’t tell which one drowned in the bath tub when they were babies, the parents decided that the one who lived must have been Mark.

QwRp TIL that Andrew Jackson chose a donkey as the Democratic Party’s mascot because his political enemies called him a jackass.

L5Bm TIL there are a species of jellyfish found in freshwater in every state in America.

xVPDk TIL while shooting the 1998 film "Twilight" Susan Sarandon was under the impression it was for equal pay, but the studio meant only for the men. Co-star Paul Newman stepped up and gave her part of his salary.

x8do TIL that one of the first prototype looping roller coasters had a perfectly circular loop. As a result, riders were exposed to approximately 12gs of force, and frequently suffered neck injuries while riding. The modern roller coaster loop uses a “tear drop” shape to reduce G forces significantly.