Post * b6nRp — Curious Curator

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TIL That Tanagra was a real place and that a battle took place there... however, there were no characters in that battle by the names of Darmok or Jalad.

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LkMpm TIL that Jurassic Park's visual effects were so groundbreaking to filmmakers that it inspired Peter Jackson to begin work on Lord of the Rings, George Lucas to start on the Star Wars prequels, and Stanley Kubrick to invest in his pet project, A.I (Artificial Intelligence).

EgrKV TIL the Mayans have Ixtab, the goddess of suicide by hanging. In some cases hanging was seen as a honorable way to die.

VBNZQ TIL of Jon Brower Minnoch, an American taxi driver who weighed a staggering 1400 LBS (635 KG) at his peak, and was not only the heaviest human being in history, but also the largest known primate to have ever lived, exceeding the upper estimated size of Gigantopithecus.

XEP8k TIL There's a kind of beetle named after Stephen Colbert. Colbert had previously asked scientists to name something "cooler than a spider" after him. The scientist that discovered the beetle then named it after Colbert, because "beetles are way cooler than a spider any day".

4boo TIL that before about 1700, it was customary for people of European descent to bring their own spoons to the table. Spoons were carried as personal property in much the same way as people today carry wallets, key rings, etc