Post * gM9xW — Curious Curator

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TIL turtles do not produce saliva and must go underwater to swallow their food

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N9P TIL there are giant stone balls scattered around Costa Rica that scientists cannot explain

neJOo TIL of the Great Green Wall of Africa (or the Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel) being planted to combat the expansion of the Sahara Desert. Originally proposed in 1954 it is approximately 15% completed and will span 8,000 km across all of the African continent.

9Gmm TIL the only Western academic degree displayed by North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in his official residence, the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, was a doctorate degree from Kensington University, a “distance learning” diploma mill shut down in 2003 by a court order

EgYpX TIL about Cotard's Syndrome, a belief that parts of their own body are missing, or that they are dying, dead, or don't exist

WkGWY TIL: During a renovation of the Tower of London the skeletons of two children were found hidden beneath a staircase. They were identified as the remains of two princes who had gone missing 191 years before.