Post * mxamM — Curious Curator

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TIL that atherosclerosis, the cause of coronary artery disease, is present in nearly everyone, sometimes even at birth

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X0rM6 TIL that The closest living relative of hippopotamuses are whales

8OnL TIL approximately 80% of “close door” elevator buttons aren’t connected to anything.

9YYdB TIL Scientists accidentally killed oldest animal Ming the clam at age 507 years old, which was born before Colombus discovered America and before Henry VIII had even married his first wife Catherine of Aragon

QJQyX TIL cars made in the 1950s often had a loud and resonant 'country horn', and a quieter, polite 'city horn'

W7x9Y TIL that, as recently as 34 years ago, water from the Great Salt Lake was pumped into the desert so that the lake water level would not get too high.