Post * wLLJP — Curious Curator

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TIL that chewing gum reduces anxiety, reduced stress levels, and increases blood flow to the brain.

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Vglp TIL the Croatian fascist group, the Ustaše, butchered hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Croats and Jews with primitive weapons, such as having little children impaled, cutting off women’s breasts, sawing off noses and ears and burned alive. Their crimes even horrified the Nazis.

nKnr TIL Valhalla is just one of the halls that dead Viking warriors go after death, Half of the fallen chosen by Odin for Valhalla and the other half chosen by Freyja for Folkvangr

yQgdp TIL Marie Skłodowska-Curie is not only the first woman to win the Nobel Prize but also the first person to win it twice in two different fieldss

oB7pA TIL the second American in space, Gus Grissom, suffered from severe hay fever and was nearly disqualified from the Astronaut Corps until it was discovered that pollen is nonexistent in space.

awaJy TIL in 1992, a couple donated their egg and sperm to a local hospital. In 2020, that frozen embryo was finally implanted into a woman which which resulted in the successful birth of the world's first '27-year-old' baby.