Post * lZ75 — Curious Curator

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TIL that if not for food coloring, Cheetos would be gray.

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bEo7 TIL the Boy Scouts of America’s own consultants told them that same-sex orientation in adults or youth was NOT a risk factor for abusing children.

17OD TIL the “breathing fluid” from the film The Abyss is real and was successfully tested on a human.

1joW TIL Charles Darwin married his first cousin with whom he had ten children. Three died as infants and three were infertile. He was the first to raise the question if incest may cause weaknesses in offspring after studying inbred plants in his garden.

rRabx TIL that Kazimierz Piechowski managed to escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp by stealing SS uniforms and a car. He and his 4 companions then drove to the gate, yelled at the guards to open, and drove off.

P1XvG TIL that the composers of the Amen Break, which is one the most sampled track in history, received no royalties because the statute of limitations for copyright infringement had passed.