Post * nk49 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Chickens (and all birds) still have the genes for building teeth in their DNA. The reason they don’t have teeth is that they don’t have a gene that says “use that tooth blueprint in the mouth”.

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eVZ6 TIL Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker (age 22) lived long enough to fly an airplane across the Trail (age 96)

W7p69 TIL of Mark Boyle also known as The Moneyless Man. Best known for living without money from 2008 and for living without modern technology since 2016.

8ae64 TIL Bumblebees and some species of solitary bees use resonant vibration to gather pollen; they grab a flower and move their flight muscles rapidly, causing the pollen to dislodge

W718 TIL Ernest Hemingway used to machine gun sharks to stop them eating his catch and that in 1938 he established a world record by catching seven marlin in one day.

wLW7E TIL about Zachary Sabin, an 11-year-old child who died from water intoxication after drinking 4 bottles of water (each 0.7l) over 4 hours without eating anything. This happened after his parents forced him to drink water because his urine was dark.