Post * wpDW — Curious Curator

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TIL Ducks penises explode outward, have spikes on them, shapeshift, fall off after every mating season, and can grow back longer if there are more males around

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J1n5V TIL about Marcus Schrenker, a financial advisor who tried faking his own death after being caught stealing millions off his clients. He was caught three days later.

VMjKZ Today I Learned that James W. Ford was the first African American to run on a presdential ticket in the 20th century

E1jEd TIL of William Lyttle, the "Mole Man of Hackney", who spent around 40 years digging a network of tunnels up to 59 feet (18 m) long beneath his home. When the authorities discovered the extent of his burrowing, he was rehoused on the top floor of a high-rise to prevent digging.

p8PmQ TIL During his Presidency, John Quincy Adams planned on funding an expedition to the center of the earth to establish a trade route with mythical “Mole People.”

J1OLk TIL that privacy self-management (i.e., the principle that people individually manage their privacy via notice and consent) is based on multiple "fundamentally wrong" assumptions.