Post * d8ryB — Curious Curator

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TIL that the MRI of dogs’ brains show that they see their owners as family and prioritize the smell of humans over everything

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Z8mLD TIL that there are seven mathematic problems, so called "Millenium Problems", with a prize tag of $1 million attached to each of them. One got solved and the mathematician (Perelman) rejected the prize because he thinks it's unfair.

p810N TIL that TV pickup is a phenomenon that affects electricity transmission networks. It occurs when a large numbers watch the same TV programmes while taking advantage of breaks in programming to operate electrical appliances, thus causing large synchronised surges in national electricity consumption.

wLAV7 TIL that Hawaii has no squirrels.

pXwG TIL that Pornhub, YouPorn, Tube8, XTube, RedTube, GayTube, SpankWire, Brazzers, Reality Kings, Twistys, Digital Playground, Men, Mofos, MyDirtyHobby, and Playboy are all owned by the same company MindGeek.

v1e0j TIL of the Eidophone, an instrument which created images from the interaction of voice and materials. Inventor Margaret Watts-Hughes, a Welsh singer, was working with a device similar to Bell's Photophone when she noticed perfect geometrical patterns formed according to clarity and calibre of voice.