Post * epO4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that the average male produces around 14 gallons of ejaculate in his lifetime.

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0wLRN TIL WB thought Inception would be a box-office flop, but financed it anyway as they believed it would do well in award shows. Inception went on to be a box-office hit and was infamously snubbed from winning any major categories in the Oscars.

D1Kwv TIL barn owls are often mistaken for aliens. The incredible birds have a series of spooky-looking adaptations that help them survive and thrive in the wild, including long legs under all those feathers.

nWdao TIL that in 18th century England, people would pay to attend Bedlam, a private lunatic asylum, to watch the mentally ill as entertainment

eeW4 TIL that dropping molten glass into cold water produces a tadpole-like shape whose head can withstand hammer blows, but which explodes violently if its tail is damaged.

yVOEe TIL of HMS Glowworm, a British destroyer that rammed its opponent in its final battle, the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, a ship twice its length and ten times its displacement. The CO of Glowworm earned a posthumous Victoria Cross, partially on the recommendation of Admiral Hipper's captain.