Post * p81Nb — Curious Curator

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TIL that female dogs are more responsible for dead grass spots than males due to congealed nitrogen from squatting to pee opposed to lifting a leg and spreading it out.

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N7kZ6 TIL in the song "Prince Ali" from the live action remake of Aladdin, Will Smith asked the composers to change the original lyric which was "Heard your princess was a lovely sight to see" to Heard your princess was hot. Where is she?".

AJZa TIL while exploring South Dakota in 1822, Hugh Glass was left for dead after being mauled by a grizzly bear. He later awoke, set his broken leg, laid upon a rotting log to let maggots eat his gangrenous flesh, and crawled 200 miles to the nearest settlement, living off berries and roots.

ep4w4 TIL that Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in Space, was so inspired by Nichelle Nichols' portrayal of Lieutenant Uhura on Stark Trek that she began every shift of her 1992 Shuttle mission by radioing "Hailing Frequencies Open" as a tribute to the actress and her character.

nevYB TIL in 1897, 3 Swedes attempted to be the first people to reach the North Pole. They travelled by hot air balloon but crashed after 65 hours. 33 years later, a ship discovered their camp, along with their dead bodies, journal, and camera. They'd survived for weeks by killing and eating polar bears.

wPl7 TIL The rule “The Captain goes down with the ship” was not intended to save ship, passengers or crew, but to prevent others from claiming cargo as salvage.