Post * j6pR — Curious Curator

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TIL That China produces stamina enhancement pills that are 99.7% ground up dead babies.

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BrAdr TIL the Italy surrounded country of San Marino is the oldest constitutional republic, they have two presidents serving six month terms, there are about 1000 hotel rooms in entire country, their national sport is crossbow, they’ve never had a king since inception of 301 and never been taken over

nWkd9 TIL 20 years ago crab fishers off the coast of Australia realized bottlenose dolphins were snatching the bait from their crab pots. However last year scientists captured the first ever footage of the dolphins in the act. The fishers fourth method for baiting the pots finally worked in stopping them.

QJWra TIL Ireland threw away its piece of moon rock estimated to be worth millions. "It's still there under a couple of tonnes of trash. That could definitely be worth over $5m (£3.1m). I'll tell you where it's at. It's in the Finglas landfill dump in Dublin," Gutheinz says.

rN76W TIL Michael Douglas at first refused to screen test with Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell in the film Basic Instinct (1992), but agreed to do so after 12 other actresses turned down the part. He was initially upset the relatively unknown Stone was cast, yet later said "She was perfect for the role"

wo058 TIL that the "Cheerleader Effect" (the idea that people look more attractive in a group than alone), first coined by Barney Stinson in "How I Met Your Mother", was actually studied scientifically, and the theory was confirmed.