Post * wLNbE — Curious Curator

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TIL about Seneca Village that once existed where now Central Park in NYC is located.

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QMyM TIL there is a parasite that can only reproduce inside the stomach of cats. When it’s excreted in feces and eaten by a rat, the parasite rewires the rat’s brain to be attracted to cats. This same effect can occur in humans and is thought to be a reason behind the stereotypical crazy cat person.

W7NpB TIL that there is a dish called Virgin Boy Eggs in which eggs are boiled in the urine of young boys, preferably under the age of ten.

g5kb TIL a woman by the name of Lydia Fairchild took a DNA test that showed that the biological mother of her own children was her twin sister that did not exist. Further testing showed she was a chimera: a person who absorbs their twin in the womb and has two sets of DNA.

9YDQD TIL There are only 23 words that date back 15,000 years and are considered the oldest known words in the English language. They are: thou, I, not, that, we, to give, who, this, what, man/male, ye, old, mother, to hear, hand, fire, to pull, black, to flow, bark, ashes, to spit, and worm.

69pjZ TIL the discovery of quinine as a treatment for malaria played a significant role in the colonization of Africa by Europeans and the prime reason Africa ceased to be known as the "white man's grave".