Post * kOa9B — Curious Curator

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TIL Pope John Paul ll and Pope Francis are honorary members of the Harlem Globetrotters

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b9JmZ TIL the deep meaning behind the 52 Cards in a complete deck. The 4 suits represent the 4 seasons, while the 52 cards represent the 52 weeks in a year. The 13 cards per suit represent the 13 lunar cycles in a year, and even the 365 days of the year are marked by the number of total points in a deck.

9Y7VG TIL Zebrafish can produce their own sunscreen, a chemical called gadusol which protects the fish against harmful UV radiation. Scientists are also now learning that many species of vertebrates, mammals excluded, produce gadusol. Zebrafish can also regenerate their hearts during their larval stages.

Wo68 TIL that during the torture of the alleged 20th hijacker Mohammed al-Qahtani, he was forced to “watch puppet shows depicting sexual acts between him and Osama bin Laden at his mock birthday party”

W7Gno TIL that a football player lied to his team about being in graduate school. The Baltimore Ravens thought that John Urschel was taking classes at MIT part time. The team did not know that he was a full-time PhD math student. Urschel studied from the end of Sunday games until practice on Tuesday.

nWK5o TIL about skeuomorphism, when modern objects, real or digital, retain features of previous designs even when they aren't functional. Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk 'save' icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera.