Post * x6gmo — Curious Curator

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TIL that the world's largest Jack-in-the-Box has a 600 pound clown head once owned by Captain Kangaroo

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X0ZO6 TIL that a stingray in an aquarium has either cloned herself or has been impregnated by a shark

ng1r TIL in the US, more intelligent people tend to be more liberal or libertarian while in places like Brazil, more intelligent people tend to vote for more centrist parties.

l7Yrr TIL Pringles are made with a mixture of 1/3 water to 2/3 potato flakes and cornstarch, the mixture is then pressed and rolled into a thin sheet with 4 tonnes of pressure. A cutter punches an oval shape in the sheet and the scrap dough is separated and recycled back into the chip-making process

6EbKm TIL, the heliocentric theory and spherical earth concepts were proposed by Yajnavalkya, an indian astronomer in 8th-9th BCE. He also calculated the distance between earth and sun, and moon. He also calculated the duration of an year to a precision of 6 minutes longer than modern measurement.

89j8 TIL that in 2009 archaeologists discovered elephants, baboons, wildcats and other animals buried in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis, Egypt. It was possibly the world’s first zoo-like environment, dating back to 3500 B.C.