Post * kvLB — Curious Curator

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TIL animals have been shown to plan ahead. This was shown by a chimp who collected rocks to later throw at people when he got annoyed.

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EgJw0 TIL of Zachary Porter, 20, who got stuck, waste deep, in a mud flat during low tide. He was unable to free himself and drowned when the high tide came in.

VdnQ Til that today is also the celebration of St Gertrude, the patron saint of cats, gardeners, and mental illness.

WkPXo TIL Olympic swimming is only timed to hundredths of a second because the pools aren’t built to the millimeter tolerances necessary to measure thousandths of a second

Q9DE TIL there are approximately 5 million alligators in the U.S.

0v7j TIL Beethoven won a sight reading piano competition by turning his sheet music upside down, playing it, then improvising on one of its themes for thirty minutes. His opponent, Daniel Steibelt, never returned to challenge him again.