Post * mxyZM — Curious Curator

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TIL that peeing on the near side of the toilet bowl, in front of the water, produces the least splashback

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b9j7Q TIL Some Wasps Lay Eggs in Different Kinds of Harmful Insects So As Not to Spread and Inflict More Damage

ZpddQ TIL of Gorpcore, a style trend that emerged in the 2020s that consists of wearing high-end technical clothing for outdoor recreation (from brands like The North Face, Patagonia, and Arc'teryx) in explicitly non-technical urban and suburban settings.

4X1oX TIL Rags, who became a World War I dog hero, was originally just a stray pup picked up by a couple of American soldiers in July of 1918. He carried messages from one US infantry division to the next tucked under his collar. He was buried with military honours when he died in 1936.

p81RZ TIL that a bird called the lammergeier eats tortoises after weakening their shells by dropping them from great heights. In 455 BC a man was killed by a tortoise dropped by the bird after the bird mistook his bald head for a giant rock.

4mw5 TIL: Coconut crabs are so adapt and hearty to living on the land that they can live up to 60 years and will drown if submerged in water for too long. They also can climb trees and will do so for coconuts which they eat.