Post * nVko — Curious Curator

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TIL the man who leaked Scarlett Johansson’s nude pics got sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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W7Xn9 TIL that in the original Greek, the legendary island of Themiscyra, home of the Amazons, was not located at sea (as portrayed in Wonder Woman comics) but in the Terme river in what is now northern Turkey

wLmG8 TIL Tortoises don't have a diaphragm so use their legs to contract and constrict their lungs. Essentially Tortoises use their legs to breath so holding them still would cause them to suffocate.

1a66D TIL Breaking Bad's popularity coincided with a 51% increase in methamphetamine use in Germany, and a 400% increase in meth smuggling attempts in Britain

VBXrG TIL eucalyptus trees can store gold in their leaves after transporting it all the way from their roots

E1yaw TIL that during the chrysalis faze of metamorphosis, a caterpillar digests itself by releasing enzymes that break down all of its tissues. Specialized groups of cells survive the process and use the protein-rich soup to build the adult body parts of the butterfly.