Post * oRM1E — Curious Curator

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TIL that on the planet Mercury there is a crater named after George Balanchine because it looks like one of his tutus.

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yQV5J TIL that the FDA allows a 15% variation between generic and name brand meds which can play a role in why women get pregnant while on birth control pills since they are also becoming increasingly low dose.

wLQXo TIL: An amateur Egyptologist, Seamus Blackley, successfully baked bread with 4,500-year-old yeast extracted from ancient Egyptian ceramics once used to bake bread and brew beer. The dormant yeast was activated by a nutrient solution injected into the ceramics during the extraction process

D1r8g TIL a frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals are stored at very low temperatures. Material preserved in this way can be stored indefinitely and used for artificial insemination, in vitro fertilisation, embryo transfer, and cloning.

4LZ5 TIL House prices in US increased by 200% in 30 years

xDYg TIL that in some countries, there are “baby hatches” where mothers can abandon an infant anonymously. They are usually heated (or at least insulated), and after a short delay, a nurse is summoned to care for the child.