Post * 1gVD — Curious Curator

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TIL- The new Navy laser weapon system costs less than a dollar to fire and never missed a target in testing, making it the most effective and cost effective weapon the Navy has available.

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Ood8Y TIL Einstein was unknowingly in a love affair with a Soviet spy for 4 years. Despite an FBI record stored in 14 boxes, or 1,427 pages, by the time he died, nothing was ever discovered of the relationship

r0Zo TIL the reporter who broke the story about the CIA selling Cocaine in the US had his reputation smeared, career destroyed, and was found dead from TWO gunshot wounds to the head… it was ruled a suicide

Kvpw TIL The CEO of Spotify was the CEO of uTorrent in 2006

PYy7Z TIL of "Number 16," the oldest known spider. She was a wild trapdoor spider who lived in an Australian burrow. She was studied by researchers from 1973 until 2016, when her burrow was found damaged and empty, likely due to a parasitic wasp attack. She was 43 years old.

6eEw TIL Marie Curies research papers are still highly radioactive and to access them you must sign a waiver and wear protective clothing.