Post * lWoG — Curious Curator

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TIL that the hoatzin is the last surviving species of a line of birds that diverged from all other birds 64 million years ago, just after the dinosaur extinction event, and that hoatzin chicks have claws on their wings

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R7AG7 TIL that Gary Sinise, A.K.A. "Lieutenant Dan" from Forrest Gump was one of the actors originally considered for the role of Wolverine in X-Men before Hugh Jackman ultimately landed the role

oBxjr TIL that in ancient Egypt, servants were smeared with honey to attract flies away from the pharaoh.

OodWR TIL about Flordelis, a Brazilian pastor and congresswoman. She married one of her 51 adopted children in 1998 and then in 2020 was charged with orchestrating his murder, at the hands of two more of her adopted children

4kNDo TIL that The Jerry Springer show actually started out as a serious, issues-oriented political talk show. It was only reformatted as a tabloid talk show beginning in 1994 to boost its poor ratings.

BgMmD TIL that from ~1927, the US based "Nutex Company" sold 'Radium-Nutex' condoms. The product was seized and destroyed on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission in 1940 for false claims of effectiveness. They didn't contain any radium.