Post * negaG — Curious Curator

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TIL Colonizing Venus is not only possible but actually has the potential to be more practical than colonizing Mars

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kynm TIL there is a genetic disorder which makes the affected person have an uniquely happy personality and an interest in water

44nN TIL In 1897, 6 Inuit were taken to the Museum of Natural Science to be studied. All but two died of disease. A boy who survived pleaded for his dead father to have a traditional burial, so the curators staged a fake burial to trick the boy. Years later, the boy found his fathers skeleton on display.

xVyd5 TIL that Sigurd Eysteinsson was a Viking leader of the 9th century. In 890, when he began the conquest of Scotland, he killed and decapitated a Scottish leader before hanging his head to his saddle. A tooth scratches Sigurd's leg, the wound became infected and Sigurd "The Mighty One" died soon after

LQENm TIL The New Schubert Edition, the major publication of Schubert’s available works, is scheduled to be finished with over 100 volumes in 2027, 71 years after it started - and thus have taken more than twice as long to complete as Schubert himself lived (31 years).

D5Yv TIL Pandas were carnivorous but they inexplicably lost their appetite for meat during evolution