Post * oBepR — Curious Curator

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TIL The record high temperature in Alaska is the same as the record high temperature in Hawaii

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GYRbN TIL that, after the Norman Conquest of England, nobles referred to the meat they ate in French, but the peasants who raised animals for meat referred to them in Anglo-Saxon. This is why modern English has words such as beef and pork for meat, but cow and pig for the animals it comes from.

oBj5Y TIL helicopter rotor blades spin at a fairly constant speed and only gain lift by altering the angle of the blades. The centrifugal force is too much to attempt to alter the blade RPM enough to generate lift.

XK4P TIL for one hour every year a part of Oregon and Florida will have the same time of day

VMVgD TIL that zoopharmacogneosy is the science that studies how animals self medicate in the wild by ingesting or applying specific plants or non foods such as clay and charcoal.

XE6VQ TIL that a synthetic version of horseshoe crab blood has existed for 15 years and that the practice of bleeding horseshoe crabs alive by the pharmaceutical industry is outdated and unnecessary. Some companies are beginning to commit to the humane synthetic alternative.