Post * jQYR — Curious Curator

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TIL Alexander the Great’s father had 3000 POWs executed by “ritual drowning.”

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kdWg TIL despite the infamous history of the Vietnam War, Vietnam today is one of the most pro-American countries in Asia, with 71% of Vietnamese people viewing the U.S. favorably

WkeNL TIL there are 7 days in a week thanks to the Babylonians, who lived in modern-day Iraq. As keen observers of the heavens, the Babylonians adopted 7 days because they observed 7 celestial bodies — the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

negxo TIL SIM card is not just an ordinary piece of read-only memory. It's a separate micro-computer with its own environment capable of running Java Card applets

ne0xB TIL about St Dunstan in the East, a London church destroyed in WWII and turned into a beautiful open roof garden

LkgBd TIL of Adactylidium, a type of mite known for its unusual life cycle. The pregnant female grows 5-8 females and 1 male in her body. The male then impregnates the females while still in the mother. The females then eat their way out of their mother, and the male dies shortly after.