Post * knVe — Curious Curator

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TIL that the sex position “Reverse Cowgirl” accounts for half of all penile fractures

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4x06 TIL that today’s British accent first appeared among London’s upper class around the time of the American Revolution. Before that, the British accent was similar to that of Americans.

aw5vN TIL that salmon migration provides Nitrogen, an important nutrient, to forests surrounding estuaries via predation by bears and other animals.

mKKM TIL of Ning Li, who claimed to discovered antigravity, was hired by the DoD and paid 500k a year, but never heard of again publicly.

nWjdB TIL that during the Gulf War the coalition forces suffered nearly as many non-combat losses (145) as losses directly related to combat (148 KIA). This number is mainly due to a single C-130H that crashed while transporting 95 Senegalese soldiers.

kyJ5 TIL that whales were originally land mammals similar to hippos. It wasn’t until after many millions of years had passed that they began to live in water.