Post * vOw7 — Curious Curator

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TIL 65% of people tilt their heads to the right while kissing.(#9)

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bNvj TIL Warren Buffet said, “I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that any time there’s a deficit of more than three percent of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.”

yVWX TIL ancient Egyptian kings would avoid drinking wine because of its resemblance to blood, believing that it was the blood of those who battled the gods and lost - which is why drinking it temporarily drove people out of their senses and made them a little crazy.

0wePL TIL that John Wayne's voice was heavily processed and edited from archive audio to be used for Garindan in 'Star Wars.'

rRPn0 TIL that citrus trees are almost always grafted and need to have their "suckers" removed if they're growing from the original rootstock (below the grafting point). Letting them grow could overtake the "scion" variety meant to produce the edible fruit. The rootstock fruit is usually watery and bland

R75j4 TIL the last Boer war veteran died in 1993 aged 111 years old