Post * yV0GM — Curious Curator

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TIL Mel Gibson accidently hung himself on the set of Braveheart

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DQ4Rp TIL the combine harvester's name is derived from the fact it combines four different operations in the harvesting process into a single machine (reaping, threshing, gathering, and winnowing)

rRDyo TIL A 4th century female poet wrote a poem on a 29 x 29 grid of characters that produced 3000 more rhyming poems when read in different directions.

awno TIL That a Scientists once carved some meat out of 36,000-year-old baby bison and made a stew, The stew was not only edible, but deemed “acceptable.”

Me89K TIL that the USPS has lost $69 Billion over the past 11 fiscal years - including $3.9 billion in fiscal year 2018. USPS's total unfunded liabilities and debt ($143 Billion at the end of fiscal year 2018) have grown to double its annual revenue.

v1L68 TIL dogs(and probably other animals) bend their tounges backwards to form a spoon to drink.