Post * 16WDO — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Pentagon spent $170,000 to find out why one spills coffee while walking.

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R7ADl TIL that a comets tail always points away from the sun therefor it doesn’t follow like a tail at all.

9eDD TIL that while the word “thong” comes from the Old English “thwong”, a flexible leather cord, other languages use various euphemisms: in Brazil it is “fio dental” (dental floss); in Bulgarian “prashka” (slingshot); Chinese it is dingziku (丁字褲/丁字裤) which roughly means T-letter pants

5AEQ TIL Eric Cartman of South Park has committed 42 crimes, including Murder, Cannabilism, Unlicensed Surgery and Terrorism

6RvW TIL the divide between West Germany and East Germany was so sharply defined it lead to houses and buildings being split down the middle

oRKdY TIL most of the people who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 were girls/women aged 14-23. In addition, the doors were locked (preventing escape), a common practice of the time to reduce theft and breaks by workers. Many women people jumped out of the 8/9/10th floors