Post * vPwkD — Curious Curator

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TIL Lego donates model MRI kits to hospitals to help children understand the procedure and reduce their anxiety

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vrBj TIL: The Japanese considered raw salmon dangerous, since Pacific salmon was prone to parasites. Norway had too much salmon and decided to focus on teaching Japanese consumers that Atlantic salmon was safe to eat raw. It took ten years for Salmon sushi/sashimi to finally become popular.

8eMVa TIL Why England didn't have cowboys. Large herds of cattle were once driven south from Scotland, by a drover and his dogs. These dogs were often left to find their own way home, moving hundreds of miles the length of England. Innkeepers who fed them on the way were repaid by the drover next summer.

gM1YA TIL of "Happy Tail Syndrome." This condition occurs when particularly happy and boisterous dogs manage to damage the end of their tail through excessive wagging which causes it to bang repeatedly against hard household features like walls and doors.

V5L4 TIL: The Mercedes-Benz SLS has explosive bolts that separates the doors from the car for easy exit during a serious accident.

6OBX TIL Women are physiologically better at distinguishing color, while men better distinguish moving objects.