Post * njPo — Curious Curator

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TIL that monks can raise the temperature of their skin through meditation so much that in 50 Fahrenheit (10 Celsius) weather, wrapped in wet towels, their skin starts steaming and the towels are dried.

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1albO TIL of Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada, a supermarket worker who went missing for 10 years. After the supermarket closed down, contractors removed the coolers and found his body stuck in the 18-inch gap behind them.

oR5Qr TIL When Rome fell into a grain shortage, M.Coriolanus suggested to weaponise the crisis and withhold aid from the starving plebs until some the recent pro popular reforms were rolled back. Following popular uproar the senate called him into a hearing, he refused to show up and was convicted

mxOmE TIL of Arthur Chu, a Jeopardy! contestant who won 11 games by picking a new category after every correct answer to throw off his opponents

vPlp4 TIL About Hit and Miss Engines, a stationery engine that only fires the cylinder when the RPM drops under a certain threshold, creating a distinctive noise. They had many applications, such as water pumping, belt driving and powering pumpjacks.

Oo097 TIL that the Black Knight in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail was inspired by two Roman wrestlers who were in a very intense and entangled fight. After one surrendered from pain of a broken rib an attendant picked up the winner, tapping him and saying "You won" to discover that he was dead.