Post * mxkQE — Curious Curator

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TIL CapriSun is named after the Italian island Capri, where the sun shines almost whole year.

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PV0n TIL that the first black Deputy US Marshal of the Wild West was said to have arrested over 3,000 felons in his career, including his own son. He had his belt and hat shot off several times, but was never wounded himself.

nWyAr TIL that if there was a nationwide blackout, in as little as a month, nations would collapse, and if it lasted up to a year, about 90% of the US's population would die.

5kVQ TIL Braveheart has been described as one of the most historically inaccurate modern films. One historian took particular exception to the costumes and compared it to, “a film about Colonial America showing the colonial men wearing 20th century business suits, but with the jackets worn back-to-front”

OoYYY TIL: Dogs are one of the few species that can express empathy.

Oo1K4 TIL in Russian culture "British Scientists," is a running joke and Internet meme used as an ironic reference to absurd news reports about scientific discoveries, particularly ones that have no practical value. For example, "British scientists debunked the myth that mice love cheese."