Post * 0wNaL — Curious Curator

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TIL California is the 6th largest economy in the world behind USA, China, Japan, Germany, UK. It's bigger than India, France, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Canada, Spain, Australia, South Korea, Mexico.

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eoP5 TIL that in 2009, Rapper Coolio attempted to stage dive. Nobody in the crowd caught him and he was beaten up while also having his shoes stolen.

n1x9 TIL: A Robot keeps escaping because of its ‘love for freedom’ even after undergoing extensive reprogramming to avoid the issue. They might not have any other option but to shut it down

7lap TIL - A blind man shot better than two-thirds of his pistol marksmanship course, scored a 105/100 and earned his gun permit (concealed carry permit)

XmXQ TIL Augustin Mouchot, a French math teacher, was a 19th-century inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine. It converted solar energy into mechanical steam power. In 1878 he showcased his solar-powered concentrator at the Exposition Universelle in Paris & took home the gold medal from the fair.

5j6P TIL of Dock Ellis, a professional pitcher who threw a no-hitter while high on LSD