Post * mYQY — Curious Curator

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TIL That an Eagle can swim and is something that most of them do, although it is rarely seen

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dDxB TIL A researcher has hacked pacemakers and can kill you from his laptop within a 30 ft radius

5VWLQ TIL that people in medieval times slept in two segments

0LP5 TIL the oldest living vertebrate is the Greenland Shark, which is estimated to be about 400 years old-though could be as old as 512

M7DRm TIL that Animal Attacks and other related deaths in Yellowstone National Park have been increasing since the 1970s, and are hitting peak levels due to recent mass-increases in Tourism.

oRopY TIL Alan Turing was known for being eccentric. Each June he would wear a gas mask while cycling to work to block pollen. While cycling, his bike chain often slipped, but instead of fixing it, he would count the pedal turns it took before each slip and stop just in time to adjust the chain by hand