Post * 4kbmN — Curious Curator

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TIL that a woman wore a Star Trek uniform while serving on a jury. Barbara Adams wore the uniform (including phaser, tricorder, and commbadge) every day of the court case. She was sent home ... for talking to the press, not because of her clothing.

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8aXOK TIL that Constantine V of the Byzantine Empire (r. 741-775) was so loved for his ability as a general that following the defeat of the Byzantine army by the Bulgarians at the battle of Pliska in 811, a group of soldiers broke into his tomb and begged his corpse to come back and lead them again.

eVok TIL that there is a fluid that when super cooled becomes a superfluid which defies gravity and can leak through solid glass

7rmdp TIL New York City’s tap water is full of copepods (tiny crustaceans). Because of this, the water is technically not kosher.

4X5rR TIL Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, ran and won his campaign from prison. Once elected president, he released himself.

XJBD TIL: NYC had to recall pencils with the message “Too Cool to Do Drugs” on them. As they were sharpened, they’d say “Cool to Do Drugs” and “Do Drugs”, etc.