Post * yWj8 — Curious Curator

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TIL there is a German children’s book from 1845 about three boys teasing a dark-skinned boy. To teach them a lesson, Saint Nicolas dips the three boys in black ink, to make them even darker-skinned than the boy they’d teased.

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pmrO TIL that KY jelly has been one of most important ingredient in Alien based movies to simulate effect of alien saliva in movies like Predator and Aliens

GAMJ TIL that when the White House discovered that the Russians had found a way to decode human speech from the movement of glass, the window panes in the Oval Office were fitted with small mechanical “vibrators”

lQ4V TIL that the Catholic church objected Lightning rods until a gunpowder explosion in Brescia caused by a lightning strike killed 3000.

KNMJ TIL your SnapChat information is available to law enforcement up to 9 months after you send anything, without a court order. (90 days regular limit + preservation + renewal)

YprwW TIL all of Teddy Roosevelt’s sons were injured or died serving in world wars. Quentin was killed in aerial combat over France in WWI, Archibald was injured in WWI & WWII, Kermit committed suicide while serving as Army Intelligence in Alaska, and Ted died of a heart attack after invading Utah Beach.