Post * eK05 — Curious Curator

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TIL that at concerts in Finland, instead of yelling at the band to play Free Bird as a joke, they yell at the band to play Paranoid (by Black Sabbath)

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QNG6M TIL that Roman emperors were considered pharaohs in Egypt. Ancient Egyptians viewed their pharaohs as god-kings. When Rome conquered Egypt, its emperors became the new pharaohs because Egyptian religion needed a god-king to work. Roman emperors only called themselves pharaohs while visiting Egypt.

kOr91 TIL that modern football is descended from "medieval football" in which opposing teams would attempt to drag an inflated pig's bladder to markers at each end of a town by any means necessary "as long as it did not lead to manslaughter or murder."

QV96 TIL despite stereotypes about Japanese salarymen, Americans now work more hours on average than Japanese

xPWb TIL that it takes 10,000 to 170,000 years for the light, to go from the core of the sun to the surface

QJowM TIL that bats cannot take off from the ground. Because their wings are too weak and they cannot get a running start, they must climb onto something and drop down into flight