Post * rNKGd — Curious Curator

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TIL why the Colombian government is blowing up oil refineries.

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5YXbD TIL of Kaldi, an Ethiopian goat harder credited with discovering coffee after observing his goats dancing and acting erratically upon eating the beans.

e0WYJ TIL that bears get tapeworms from eating the salmon. They often extrude from the bear’s backside and can trail behind them for up ten feet.

5Dlp TIL that crack pipes are sold as fake flowers in a glass tube at convenience stores.

YYoW TIL the wrinkling of fingers and toes when taking a bath is an involuntary reaction of the autonomic nervous system that increases the ability of hands and feet to grip wet environments.

XEp1Q TIL After WW2, most countries did not acknowledge the treatement of homosexuals in concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Some men were even re-arrested and imprisoned based on evidence found during the Nazi years. The German government finally apologised in 2002.