Post * pr68 — Curious Curator

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TIL: A single human male produces enough sperm in two weeks to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet.

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xVyYg TIL Australia once had a floating hotel that now lies decrepit and forgotten, in North Korea.

wR6J TIL that Nestlé promoted breast milk subsitutes in developing countries which lead to the death of infants

e0OD4 TIL Ian McKellen was asked for an autograph by a homophobic politician. Instead, however, he wrote “Fuck off, I’m gay.”

NXXMP TIL that during the US invasion of Grenada in 1983 soldiers had to rely on tourist maps with grid lines hand-drawn on them, and use copies of The Economist magazine for intelligence as the invasion was ordered on such short notice.

Oolr1 TIL : Scientists tested a well-preserved substance found in a 2,700-year-old temple in Tel Arad, which turned out to be cannabis. Researchers concluded that ancient Israelites burned the plant alongside frankincense, in religious rituals.