Post * lXO1 — Curious Curator

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TIL that in the 1940’s, 300 men, a measuring tape, a line on the floor and a movie camera were used to discover that the distance record for semen ejaculation is just shy of 8 feet (15:15).

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Yp1gr TIL there's a predator in Madagascar that looks like a feline, behaves like a feline, has vertical pupils, retractable claws, whiskers etc, but it's actually a mongoose. There are no felines in Madagascar, so mongooses evolved into feline-like animals to fulfill their role in the food chain.

R7Xwj TIL that between 800 and 1349, the Colosseum was used as an apartment block.

6ERXZ TIL that it took only 48 days to shoot deadpool

EXkx TIL: There was a machine in the 1940s that kept a dogs decapitated head alive and reacting to external stimuli. The whole thing was also filmed and broadcast on TV.

D1XNV TIL that sloths do not fart. They reabsorb the gas into their blood and let one rip through their mouths. They also use the trapped gas to float on water.