Post * p81Wp — Curious Curator

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TIL that EVERY word you speak in your language will inevitably disappear or change their meaning in average 150 years. That's happening with every language last 1000 years. But there is a core of average 200 words that stay as a core of language and their meaning never change.

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bOO4 TIL candles were put on cakes originally by the greeks who would put them on rounded cakes to signify the moon and its glow in honor of Artemis, the Goddess of the moon.

BanK TIL David Prowse, who physically portrayed Darth Vader, helped train Christopher Reeve for his role in Superman and Cary Elwes for The Princess Bride.

Z88A4 TIL In 1903 after camping with John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt established Yosemite as a national park to preserve its "majestic beauty all unmarred." As President, TR signed into existence four other national parks, 18 national monuments, 55 national bird & wildlife refuges, and 150 national forests.

nGoY TIL the first person to cycle around the globe, Thomas Stevens, did it on a penny-farthing, between 1884 and 1886, packing only socks, a spare shirt, a revolver and a raincoat that doubled as a tent and bedroll

RxK1 TIL ‘Cheez-Its’ are actually not squares, they are considered rectangles. Two of the four sides are 2 millimeters longer than the others.