Post * p5YN — Curious Curator

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TIL Fred Phelps, founder of the anti-homosexual Westboro Baptist Church, was excommunicated by his own church just before his death for advocating being kinder to members.

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0w145 TIL New research published in Science Advances proposes that dinosaurs were actually warm-blooded creatures. Team of scientists from Yale Uni studied the arrangement of atoms in dinosaur eggshells to determine that the mothers who carried the eggs had warmer body temperatures than their surrounding

e0oVJ TIL that standing in the background of the famous Beatles’ album “Abbey Road” is a man named Paul Cole, an American tourist. He was standing outside on the street waiting for his wife to finish exploring a museum when he accidentally photobombed one of the most famous pics in history.

oDo8 TIL there is a grandmother that was attacked by a bear. After the attack she sewed her scalp, re-set her dislocated legs and then killed the bear…and ate it.

Eg4YW TIL Canadian sweepstakes winners are required to complete a math equation to be eligible to receive their prize due to the Canadian Competition Act

Dy0Y TIL that the “ZIP” in ZIP Code is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, a name given because mail would not only travel more efficiently but also because the mail would comparatively zip right to your address.