Post * jNVwj — Curious Curator

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TIL that "morning wood" is medically important to penile health, and that not having it over extend periods of time is a possible sign of a health issue.

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xVAYg TIL that Alfred Wegener, the man who originally came up with continental drift theory, went on to die in a winter expedition in Greenland to measure meteorological events.

Kvea TIL A Florida man was once wrongfully imprisoned for 21 years for killing his seven children with poison. He was released when the children’s babysitter confessed in a nursing home.

16QmV TIL the Big Bang theory was initially controversial and met with skepticism for seemingly supporting religious ideas that the universe has a beginning

5LV9 TIL the Manchineel tree is considered one of the most poisonous tree in the world. It causes painful blisters if you stand under it during rain, blinds you if the smoke from its burned wood touches your eyes, can poison water with its leaves and will cause death if you eat its fruits.

yWda TIL in 1947 a man survived a botched execution by electric chair. He said that death tasted “like peanut butter” and looked a lot “like shines in a rooster’s tail.”