Post * rRe6y — Curious Curator

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TIL that Lenin spoke English with an Irish accent (Dublin accent).

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m1lNO TIL in the Australian state Western Australia, it is illegal to sell, buy, or deliver more than 50 kilograms (110 lbs) of Potatoes. the penalty for doing so is a fine of $2000 plus twice the cost of the potatoes

Y7myx TIL Cao Xueqin is considered to be China's greatest novelist, but little is known of his life. He spent ten years writing "A Dream in Red Mansions" from 1740 to 1750 but the last chapters were written by a different author. The novel was not published until 1791, nearly 30 years after Cao's death

Qa49 TIL of the clergy letter project. Over 13,000 Christian clergy have signed an open letter affirming that evolution and god can coexist.

P1K9w TIL that one of the reasons why women are less likely to be given CPR than men is because people can be afraid of inappropriately touching a woman's chest while administering CPR. To try to address this issue, a vest with "breasts" was invented to put on flat-chested CPR training manikins.

X07Q6 TIL Elephants can’t jump. Unlike most mammals, the bones in elephant legs are all pointed downwards, which means they don't have the "spring" required to push off the ground.