Post * yd7v — Curious Curator

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TIL a species of Indonesian parrot called Goffin’s cockatoo can solve complex mechanical puzzles

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BgNVk TIL a Dutch businessman bought an entire Hungarian village called Bedepuszta to repurpose it as a retreat

wLZ4E TIL Carbon dating anything past the 1950's is likely to be unreliable because of the nuclear weapons testing artificially altering the proportion of carbon isotopes in the atmosphere

KOPjw TIL that Japan's All Nippon Airways is now asking passengers on select flights to empty their bladders before boarding.If all 216 passengers on an ANA Boeing 767 had pretty full bladders, that extra urine would weigh about 240 pounds.

4dwJ TIL that the word “utopia” literally means “not a place.”

EweW TIL A 1992 issue of The New York Times reported on a list of grunge slang words. It was later revealed that these were made up on the spot by a 25 year-old receptionist for Sub Pop records while talking to the reporter.