Post * gM5n8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that 100 percent of Florida’s orange trees are infected with a deadly fungus and face extinction.

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wL4Ro TIL about Mazzatello - 18th century Papal States preferred method of capital punishment... involves a mallet..

awLrM TIL that a 99-year lease was, under historic common law, the longest possible term of a lease of real property. It is no longer the law in most common law jurisdictions today, yet 99-year leases continue to be common as a matter of business practice.

Q4lL TIL The oldest animal ever found was a quahog clam named ‘Ming’ – 405 years old when they found it

pYwyp TIL The first chocolate bar was made in 1847. Before that, chocolate was exclusively a drink

jlkv TIL the British submarine HMS Artful can stay submerged for 25 years without having to surface for air