Post * eZdJ — Curious Curator

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TIL we evolved so that our left testicle is lower than our right in order to prevent compression of them in impact

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7r0Ex TIL the king penguins on Antarctica poop so much N2O, laughing gas, that researchers go "cuckoo" while studying them.

8eAXP TIL Americans are eating out less and less. When Gen X was 18 - 24 years old they ordered from or ate at restaurants 284 times per year, Millennials 244 times per year when they were 18 - 24, and currently Gen Z eats out or orders from restaurants 218 times per year.

Pjgw TIL young childrens’ negative response to vegetables is an evolved adaptation that reduces risk of exposure to plant toxins

kOVbm TIL the Native American greeting of "How" in many Westerns was a real greeting used by speakers of Lakota-Sioux. The word was used only between men.

R7vva TIL of Mustapha Khaznadar, an ethnic Greek abducted and enslaved by the Ottomans as a child, who later went on to become Prime Minister of Tunisia. He was one of the most influential people in modern Tunisian history.