Post * mmKY — Curious Curator

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TIL No one knows where the word “dog” originally came from. Appearing without cognates in Old English, it displaced the more common “hound” within 400 years and went on to find its way into 7 other European languages.

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Z8bVG TIL that Black Garden Ant queens can live up to 15 years. Some have even been reported to live up to 30. Worker ants even live to at least 4 years.

mxvnM TIL While filming Predator (1987), Jesse Ventura learned from wardrobe that his biceps were larger than Schwarzeneggers; he was so proud that he bet Arnold a bottle of champagne to whoever had the larger arms. Arnold won because he instructed wardrobe to tell the lie to Ventura.

7rpAb TIL that Milky Way obstructs our view of around 20% of the extragalactic sky at visible wavelengths. That area is called the Zone of Avoidance and it is the reason humans do not have a complete picture of the extragalactic sky yet.

E1Z4W TIL that there is a “cyborg enhancement” called North Sense which is essentially a semi-elaborate piercing that is implanted onto your chest, allowing you to feel when you face north. Almost like adding a new color to your vision, it gives you a strange new sense.

QavM TIL Ted Bundy, handling his own defense, asked a character witness to marry him during his trial in Florida. Due to an obscure state law, when she said “yes” on the stand their marriage was considered legal.