Post * bPAp — Curious Curator

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TIL the “L” in “could” was added intentionally in the 15th or 16th century solely to match the spellings of “would” and “should.”

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JRDB TIL After Dante Rosetti’s wife died he buried her with the only copy of his unpublished poems. Later Rosetti found himself suffering from writer’s block, so he dug her up and retrieved his poems. They were published and well received by critics. He never forgave himself for reopening her grave.

QNKmp TIL that Trickle down economics is actually a recycled version of the "Horse and Sparrow" Theory; the Horse-and-Sparrow theory dictates that if you feed a horse enough food, sparrows can feed off of the undigested feed in it's poop.

KY0jG TIL that financial mathematicians have calculated how expensive a liability policy for a nuclear power plant would be: €72 billion a year

NAPP TIL some Hiroshima survivors grew “black fingernails,” which were strange rod-shaped fingernails that contained active blood vessels and bled profusely when they broke off.

8ellL TIL that reheated meat can actually have a “rancid” taste akin to wet dog smell or game due to lipid oxidation, it is called Warmed-Over Flavor.