Post * vExD — Curious Curator

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TIL Americans mostly eat white chicken meat and export the rest to Russia/Asia where dark meat is preferred, so most chickens get split in two and sent around the world.

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xVoVb TIL There's very little proof that vitamin C actually has any effect on preventing or treating the common cold, although after reviewing 60 years of clinical research it was found that when taken daily, vitamin C very slightly shortens cold duration, by 8% in adults and 14% in children.

kJJZ4 TIL The first military plane ever was used in 1909 and had 40 hp.

m1kvR TIL of Black Caesar. He was a West African pirate who operated during the Golden Age of Piracy. He served aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge of Edward Teach (Blackbeard) and was one of the surviving members of that crew following Blackbeard’s death at the hands of Lieutenant Robert Maynard in 1718.

0VEL TIL that in music, an 8th note is called a ‘Quaver’, a 16th note is called a 'Semiquaver’, a 32nd note is called a 'Demisemiquaver’, a 64th note is called a 'Hemidemisemiquaver’, a 128th note is called a 'Semihemidemisemiquaver’ and a 256th note is called a 'Demisemihemidemisemiquaver’.

MeGDb TIL that spiders can fly through still air for miles using earth's electric fields. The process is initiated by "Trichobothria", a particular kind of hair growing amidst many others on spider's bodies.