Post * e4GE — Curious Curator

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TIL that over the last 100 years, the U.S. has almost emptied the aquifer that took nature more than 10,000 years to fill—and it’s the aquifer that waters our breadbasket region.

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yE6v TIL that 16 year old Auli'i Cravalho was the last person out of hundreds to audition for the voice of Moana. Cravalho has stated that she was initially not going to audition for Moana because “there were already so many great submissions over YouTube”.

86LK TIL the song ‘Louie Louie’ was investigated by the FBI for 31 months on suspicion that the lyrics were secretly obscene, but no lyrics were ever printed and it was dropped when they were deemed unintelligible. The drummer later admitted to yelling 'Fuck!’ at 0:54 after dropping his drumsticks.

9wVWB TIL the world record for most parachute jumps in a 24-hour period is 640 set by Jay Stokes in 2006.

kO4x1 TIL "Giraffe" is a relatively new term. Before the 1600s they were known as "Camelopards".

Z8VeY TIL When we're sick, symptoms like aches and fatigue are an evolutionary trait designed to minimize the spread of infection in groups of people.