Post * epBKk — Curious Curator

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TIL that fish skin is used as wound dressing for severe burn injuries, leading to fast and very effective healing.

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VBxZ TIL Britain forgot about a 50,000 pound bomb that never went off - only to have it be hit by lightning 20 years later, unleashing its destruction on…a cow

nEvY TIL that humans have explored 5%-7% of the ocean floor and less than 1% of the ocean itself. Oceans cover 70% of the earth’s surface: over 60% of the planet has never been seen by humans.

mmjx TIL that, as part of cost-cutting measures due to the Greek debt crisis, the government’s largest healthcare provider elected to amputate limbs instead of provide special footwear to diabetes patients - because it was cheaper.

lAgr TIL an entire village in Spain bought tickets in a national lottery. When they won, each villager received at least 100K$, except one man who didn’t buy a ticket.

9EgB TIL that by 2004 humanity produced more transistors than it did grains of rice, and by 2010 you could buy 125,000 transistors for the price of a grain of rice. A 16GB drive contains more transistors than the number of neurons in your brain.