Post * m5Lx — Curious Curator

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TIL that to Italians, the correct way to eat spaghetti is with only a fork. Eating spaghetti with a fork and spoon means you’re either an amateur, a child, or have really bad table manners.

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ewBn TIL instead of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien intended to write “A New Hobbit” about a Bilbo who had spent all his riches from The Hobbit and wanted to go on another adventure. Then Tolkien remembered the powers of the ring in the first book and decided to write about that instead.

6E7xW TIL of Wally Funk, who became an aviator at 20, and in 1961 volunteered to be part of the Women in Space program. She scored higher on tests than future astronaut John Glenn. The program was cancelled. Today, at 86, she continues to fly, and has a ticket to fly into space with Virgin Galactic.

E1EV7 TIL that it's possible for a human to dissolve in Yellowstone's hot springs. On June 7, 2016, Colin Scott slipped and tumbled into the acidic boiling waters of the Norris Geyser while looking for a hot spot to soak in. Scott had illegally ventured off the boardwalk and within 24hrs he dissolved.

oRWWW TIL Henry VIII's doctors were too scared to tell him he was dying while he was on his deathbed because of the Treason Act forbidding anyone from speculating about the King's death. The Archbishop was the one who had to break the news.

m1Y5v TIL black widow spiders are not aggressive — you often have to actually pinch or squeeze one to get it to attack — but their venom makes bites extremely painful to humans, and to small animals like mice, fatal.