Post * 4XlEX — Curious Curator

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TIL Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman were in the same acting class and were voted by classmates as “The Least Likely to Succeed.”

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9Y5B TIL alligator immune systems are so awesome that their blood can eradicate most things we try to infect it with, including salmonella, strep, staph, E. Coli, some straings of dysentery causing bacteria, herpes and HIV

Y78RP TIL that the first aircraft autopilot was developed in 1912. The autopilot connected a gyroscopic heading indicator and attitude indicator to hydraulically operated elevators and rudder. It permitted the aircraft to fly straight and level on a compass course without a pilot's attention

LLoQ TIL A film crew was dropped by helicopter on St. Helens on May 23 (five days after it’s eruption) to document the destruction. Their compasses, however, spun in circles and they quickly became lost.

YD17 TIL that there are 3,778 Americans claiming Asylum in other countries because they feel persecuted by America

wnKo TIL that Joseph Stalin’s son shot himself because of Stalin’s harshness toward him, but survived. After this, Stalin said, “He can’t even shoot straight.”