Post * pjb4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that larceny is basically the act of stealing someone’s property. Robbery is the act of larceny plus the element of force or intimidation. Burglary is larceny that involves an element of breaking and entering.

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OoXBR TIL that "In God We Trust" was not the US's national motto, nor was it present in the pledge or all currency until the 1950s. It was added largely as opposition to atheistic beliefs in the USSR during the cold war.

QJ1Dd TIL James Derham was a black man who worked as an assistant under several doctors who owned him in the 1700s. He learned about medicine from them which lead him to open his own practice after he was freed. He was the first African-American to practice medicine in the U.S.

5VQ4p TIL that gummy bears were originally called “dancing bears” and were inspired by the trained bears that performed at circuses and festivals in Europe in the 19th century

gM698 Today I learned of skydiver Joan Murray who crash landed on a fire ant mound at 80 MPH because her chutes failed to deploy and survived because because of the fire ants' sting caused a surge of adrenaline which kept her heart beating.

nKW7 TIL that the Prague astronomical clock, the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still working, is celebrating its 605. Year Today.