Post * yQ8V — Curious Curator

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TIL the Japanese have onomatopoeias for essences as well as sounds. A notable example is “pika pika,” meaning “to shine”

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L4DQ TIL Massachusetts passed laws requiring children to be educated by the 1640s and informally required children to be taught to read and write from its founding. Mississippi, on the other hand, was the last state to create compulsory education laws, and didn’t require school attendance until 1918.

e0rEb TIL that during World War II, German soldiers in Africa consumed Camel feces believing that it prevented and treated dysentery.

wL5KJ Historical photos show fishermen with chinooks almost as tall as they are. A century's worth of dam-building, overfishing, habitat loss and hatcheries has cut the size of the average fish in half.

M7AwV TIL the Letters Q, W, and X were ince illegal in Turkey

GYo67 TIL that state-run Chinese newspapers have fallen multiple times for the Onion, believing in the Onion’s satirical articles and quoting it as a credible source.