Post * rRrj1 — Curious Curator

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TIL that some dogs won't eat food while their owners are away due to separation anxiety

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A56w TIL Pointing a laser at an airplane in the U.S. can get you up to 20 years in prison, and a quarter of a million dollars fine.

JrGk TIL two weeks after Hurricane Katrina, a task force rescued around 1400 frozen embryos stranded in a hospital without power. The embryos were considered to be people under Louisiana law.

enX5 TIL The cat with the Guinness Record for Loudest Purr was measured at 92dB or louder than a lawn mower

nXvY TIL a Slovenian man named Martin Strel has swum the complete lengths of the Danube River, the Mississippi River, the Yangtze River, and the Amazon River.

m11AM TIL that Bruce Springsteen has only had two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: Manfred Mann's Earth Band's 1977 cover of his song "Blinded By The Light" and 1985's "We Are The World," which he sang with a large ensemble of famous musicians. His song "Dancing in the Dark" only got to #2.