Post * e0Peg — Curious Curator

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TIL "Father Time"; the Roman god, Saturn; the Greek god, Cronos; and the Grim Reaper are different versions of the same mythic character.

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oBbJL TIL that after the popularity of superhero comics waned in the late 40s, Captain America comics were rebranded as “Captain America: Commie Smasher” from 1953-1954

6ELpX TIL the mountain lions originally found throughout North America were completely wiped out by the arrival of humans some 10,000 years ago. The mountain lions seen since then are actually descendants of South American mountain lions that moved north and recolonized the continent.

VBZRp TIL The actress who played Woody's girlfriend in Cheers was in the music video for Prince's "Raspberry Beret" as the girl who hands Prince his guitar at the beginning of the song.

VMZ1k TIL about a mineral discovered in the town of Cummington, Massachusetts in 1824. It’s called Cummingtonite.

9Y4vM TIL That in the 80s Nestle tricked African villagers by giving them free baby formula thus causing their bodies to stop producing breast milk in order to sell their product for entire infancy, they even had sales people wear "nurse" coats to advise that formula was safer than their breastmilk.