Post * j6ada — Curious Curator

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TIL the term "Millennials" was invented in 1991 by two historians writing a book about American generational cycles; over a decade before most Millennials had even finished high school. They predicted Millennials would become "the next Greatest Generation"

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awBbo TIL A beggar was caught outside a mosque in Kuwait telling worshipers that he badly needed cash and that he had no home. Since it is illegal, he was arrested and police discovered he had over 500,000 Kuwaiti Dinars in his bank account ($1,650,000)

gMYdW TIL: By rubbing its penis across its abdomen, the water boatman can produce 99 dB of sound making it the loudest animal in the world, relative to its size.

v1BK7 TIL in 1970, 3 men broke into the zoo in Portland. 1 was mauled to death by lions while showing off by lowering himself into the lions den. The next night, one of the surviving 2, broke in again & shot the lions to death

oRm0Y TIL That during Napoleon's autopsy, the doctor cut off his penis and gave it to his chaplain who brought it home to Corsica where it remained until 1916. Since then it has changed ownership several times and is currently owned by John K Lattimer's daughter who has been offered at least $100k for it.

b67W7 TIL In Confucianism, there are five grades of mourning obligation, depending on one's relation to the person that died. The death of one's mother or father requires 27 months of mourning while second cousins or first cousins once removed only require 3 months of mourning.