Post * 1Z5W — Curious Curator

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TIL In 1967, A 26 year old Australian Nurse used borrowed money to buy a plane which she flew into the Outback to eradicate Polio. She died at age 35 of cancer, and is remembered as one of the Great Women Pilots of the 20th Century

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xLZD TIL in 1974 canned food from a boat that sank in 1865 were tested on. There was no trace of microbial growth and the food was determined to be still safe to eat over 100 years later

Wk9Ed TIL in 1860′s San Francisco, two stray dogs who were best friends became local celebrities. Their exploits were celebrated in local papers and they were granted immunity from the city’s dog catchers.

xV6aD TIL While rendering Toy Story, Pixar named each and every rendering server after an animal. When a server completed rendering a frame, it would play the sound of the animal, so their server farm will sound like an actual farm.

oR4g7 TIL there is a hybrid sport called Chessboxing in which two opponents play alternating rounds of blitz chess & boxing. First chessboxing competition was in 2003 in Berlin.

LLMm TIL Back in August 2014, 50 Cent challenged Floyd Mayweather to read one page out of a Harry Potter book