Post * wbmo — Curious Curator

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TIL there’s an American tick that can cause permanent red meat allergies when it bites someone.

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neExb TIL Despite the myth that has been circulating for decades, fish do feel pain and do show the capacity to suffer from it.

rRmwe TIL About the 'Brinicle', super concentrated sea salt that falls from forming sea ice sheets. The falling salt has a much lower freezing point that water, instantly freezing all water it touches and kills any living thing it touches.

MekZB TIL Japan has a sociological phenomena known as Hikikomori, in which there's an estimated 1 million Japanese who choose to completely isolate themselves from society.

AQpo TIL Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan’s daughter, posed for Playboy

OA84 TIL of the Hospital Broadcasting Association, which takes song requests from hospital patients. Their list of banned songs include Stairway To Heaven, The Final Countdown and I Want To Live.