Post * 16ZM4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that a blue moon happens when a full moon appears multiple times in a month and not when the moon becomes blue

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pLlp TIL Millenials are responsible for the decline in the bar soap industry. They prefer liquid soap because bar soap is deemed “dirty” and for old people.

XEVrP TIL that scientists have developed a solution to help plants grow in otherwise infertile too salty soils

PY8aO TIL that when Apollo 11 was returning to Earth, the tracking station at Guam failed. To jury-rig repairs, the station director brought in his 10-year-old son, whose hands were small enough to get inside the faulty machinery and pack it full of grease.

VMb4Z TIL that the Russian Orthodox Church venerates St. Seraphim of Sarov as the patron saint of the Russian Federation's nuclear weapons

4karo TIL of Buttergate - a 2021 controversy caused by Canadian dairy farmers adding palm oil to cows' diets, resulting in butter that didn't spread at room temperature.