Post * jNlja — Curious Curator

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TIL about King Tut's dagger, which was found in his tomb and is believed to have been made from iron from a meteor. At the time of King Tut, iron smelting was rare and the iron would have been worth more than gold.

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Pm7n TIL a small magnet implanted in a finger can allow one to sense magnetic fields. This body mod can be very useful in professions that work with electric currents, allowing the detection of live wires and avoiding electric shock.

WkwEB TIL A 40,000-year-old bracelet was found in Siberia. It was made by an extinct human species called Denisovans. Homosapians did not produce bracelets of this technical sophistication until 10,000 years ago. It is one of the oldest pieces of jewellery ever discovered.

BrXDK TIL tha A German citizen trained his dog (named Adolf) to raise his right paw when he was given the command “Heil Hitler”; the man was later sentenced to five months in prison for violating Germany’s ban on the Nazi salute.

QNykk TIL actor, poet and pro American football player Bernie Casey starred as widower Mike Harris in Harris and Company, the first weekly American TV drama series centered on a black family

PYjjL TIL that "the maximum natural lifespan of humans is 38 years"