Post * xVr9B — Curious Curator

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TIL many animals have a bone, called os cordis, in their heart and some humans might too

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YpljG TIL that a pilot named Chalmer Goodin was originally intended to be the pilot who first broke the sound barrier, but the USAF chose Chuck Yeager when he demanded $150,000 (1.7 million today) to attempt it.

9Y4xX TIL There was a pornographic video game for the Atari 2600 called Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em. Players control two nude women; the goal is to catch semen in their mouths, which is falling from a masturbating man on a rooftop, without missing.

5YpxQ TIL Since the dawn of civilization, half the world's trees have wiped out, with approximately three trillion remaining in all forests, and the rate of loss highest in tropical regions. Fifteen billion trees are cut down every year.

78mwp TIL there was a Japanese troop transport ship called Montreal Maru and it was sunk during the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the only campaign of WW2 fought on North American soil

j6MDQ TIL that footage from the video game Arma 3, a military sandbox game, has been mistaken for actual combat footage and has been used in news reports a number of times due to the realistic nature of the game.