Post * rrpd — Curious Curator

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TIL the difference between white and dark meat is due to the difference in fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscles, respectively. This is why ground-based birds like chickens and turkeys have white meat for breasts and wings while flying birds like duck and geese have dark meat.

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JYyJv TIL that baseball fields are often built facing northeast. This is done so the sun is kept out of the batter's eyes during an afternoon game. There is even a rule in Major League Baseball (Rule 1.04) that advises the ballparks to be oriented this way.

ewnE TIL that during the Cold War, the US Army deployed Atomic Bazookas.

p8jme TIL there has NEVER been a perfect game in an officially sanctioned game of the New England/Canadian Maritime candlepin version of bowling - the highest such score has been 245, attained twice

XX1Q TIL there’s a band called Butthole Surfers. Prior to this, they performed under such names as Ed Asner Is Gay, Fred Astaire’s Asshole, The Right To Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole, and The Inalienable Right To Eat Fred Astaire’s Asshole.

KV0Q TIL that before Saladin died in 1193, he had given away all his wealth to his poor subjects. His estate consisted of 1 piece of gold and 40 pieces of silver, not enough to pay for his funeral.