Post * nWpA9 — Curious Curator

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TIL about a Burial Tax: a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for "perpetual" burial. Some bodies for which the tax was not paid were disinterred and are in a museum

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5yln TIL the whiptail lizard is an all female species, the males have gone completely extinct. They’re not hermaphroditic, the females actually lay, and hatch from unfertilized eggs

rEXo TIL Malta holds the record for the longest sustained bombing attack at 154 consecutive days and nights during WWII. For their resilience, every citizen on the island was awarded Britain’s George Cross for bravery.

5YVG9 TIL that Jemaine Clement, who starred in the show "Flight of the Conchords" and voiced Tamatoa in "Moana", actually voiced and sang "Goodbye Moonmen" as Fart in "Rick and Morty."

95j7 TIL The biggest solar storms in history was recorded in 1989. The storm was so massive that the Northern Lights could be seen in southern states like Florida

kded TIL The number of skin cancer cases due to tanning is higher than the number of lung cancer cases due to smoking