Post * rEw — Curious Curator

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TIL there have been more than 2000 nuclear explosions worldwide. This is a time-lapse video of every detonation since 1945.

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8emPG TIL that during the filming of Planet of the Apes in 1967, the cast self-segregated. Lead actor Charlton Heston said that the "chimpanzees ate with the chimpanzees, the gorillas ate with the gorillas, the orangutans ate with the orangutans, and the humans would eat off by themselves."

lo0P7 TIL In 1942 there was a man called "the phantom barber", who would sneak into people's homes in Mississippi at night and cut their hair

4r7g TIL That Ikea has developed a new “flat-pack” refugee shelter. It has solar panels designed to power a lamp and a phone charger, and lasts three years compared to the current shelter which lasts six months.

Y7Qpx TIL that when scientists put a hamster wheel out in the woods, different types of animals seemed to enjoy running on it, including mice, rats, snails, and frogs

kogm TIL that 53% of infants born in America are on food stamps