Post * kJV8g — Curious Curator

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TIL that spending 76 minutes a day outside reduces a child’s chance of becoming short-sighted by 50%.

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4Xjeb TIL George Washington never wore a wig. He was a natural red head and powdered it white to look more fashionable.

Agvw TIL in 1914 the British made their first gas attack by releasing 140 tons of chlorine gas and hoping the wind would blow it into German trenches. However, a sudden shift wind direction blew it into their own trenches injuring almost 2000 British soldiers.

bD5a TIL that chipotle peppers are just smoke-dried jalapeños.

x61N7 TIL Jobs/Wozniak sold illegal blue box phone phreaking devices before founding Apple

vlpD TIL that in 1967 a history teacher performed an experiment with his class to find out why people allowed the Nazis to commit terrible acts. He brainwashed them using Nazi ideals and at the end of the week had several hundred teenage followers under his complete control before he revealed the truth