Post * woKD8 — Curious Curator

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TIL the ancient Romans made a poison artificial sweetener out of lead

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woZ5Y TIL that one of Ilaiyaraaja's Tamil film songs was featured at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. Ilayaraaja is one of the few musicians to have composed music for over 1000 films in his career

E1Y1x TIL In 80 years, the world's phosphorus reserves are expected to run out. This will make fertilizer increasingly harder to produce, thus reducing the world's global food supply if nothing is done to reduce the use of phosphorus.

Qdek TIL: When Catherine di Medici was queen of France, she kept a ‘Flying Squad’ of 80 women tasked with sleeping with powerful men to extract their secrets.

0wMPM TIL that although it is believed that serotonin deficiency plays a role in depression, there have not been any studies proving that brain levels of this or any neurotransmitter are in short supply when any mental illness develops

m150o TIL the song "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from the 1964 movie Mary Poppins was written by the Sherman brothers. They were sued by songwriters who had written a prior song by the same name. The brothers won; however, it was discovered that the word was used earlier in 1931.