Post * oRPkK — Curious Curator

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TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive.

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KOvB9 TIL that potatoes and onions shouldn't be stored together because onions emit ethylene gas that spoils potatoes.

loZXK TIL Seven Laws of Noah are: 1. Not to worship idols; 2. Not to curse God; 3. To establish courts of justice; 4. Not to commit murder; 5. Not to commit adultery, bestiality, or sexual immorality; 6. Not to steal; 7. Not to eat flesh torn from a living animal.

rNkVM TIL after 50 years researchers have identified the mystery man on the album cover of Led Zeppelin IV as Lot Long, a thatcher who was born in Mere, Wiltshire in 1823 & died in 1893. At the time of the photograph, he was a widower living in a small cottage in Shaftesbury Road, Mere.

kJkQd TIL of Michael Taylor, a British man who murdered his wife by tearing out her eyes and tongue with his bare hands after an all night exorcism that supposedly left three demons remaining within him - insanity, murder, and violence

1aYOd TIL the watch made its migration from the pocket to the wrist during World War I, when soldiers were obligated to attach them to their arms for coordinated attacks, instead of fumbling in their pockets. Before then, the "bracelet watch" had mostly been regarded as a joke and "silly-ass fad".