Post * 44Lb — Curious Curator

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TIL that Wikipedia had to ban IP’s from Congress to stop them from changing each other’s entries.

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lvPG TIL that a man spent 121 days in room with 40 venemous snakes in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record of 107 days, only to be told that they no longer maintain that record after achieving it.

awweJ TIL McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) was working on the reusable rocket in the 90's

6ERww TIL that in 2019 Joseph Gradisher, a U.S. Navy spokesman, confirmed to TIME magazine that three widely-shared videos were real and captured 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena', resulting in investigations.

Xb96 TIL When an NPR reporter says “We reached her on Skype” they’re doing so not to plug the service, but because Skype’s terms of service require it.

R8aa TIL that a 19 year old garbage man won 14 million in the British Lottery in 2002, spent it all on gambling drugs and prostitutes. He is now a garbage man again.