Post * nndY — Curious Curator

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TIL:Tycho Brahe,A 16th Century Astronomer wore a brass prosthetic nose after losing his real one in a duel over the legitimacy of a mathematical formula. He also owned a trained pet Moose who lived indoors with him. who died after it had drunk a lot of beer, and fallen down the stairs, at a party.

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Vg9B TIL the phrase “log in” is derived from entries made in ships’ logs, which are in turn derived from actual logs. [fixed]

BrwKy TIL the "ultimate parasitic ant" spends most of its adult life clinging to the back of its host, laying two eggs every minute.

0AKL TIL there is evidence of Methane based life on Titan, a moon of Saturn.

Yn8r TIL there is a gang of Serbian thieves named The Pink Panthers who have pulled off Mission Impossible styled heists netting over EUR 300 Million in jewels. Their leader, Dragan Mikic, escaped prison by scaling a wall while the Pink Panthers shot at guards with machine guns

XRJD TIL H. G. Wells created a tabletop-esque war game, in 1913, called “Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys’ games and books.” which can be read and downloaded via Project Gutenberg.