Post * 4kdwN — Curious Curator

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TIL that adding a pinch of sodium bicarbonate to the water helps peeling eggs so much easier.

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yVdWa TIL that the US Air Force jettisoned a nuclear bomb over Quebec in 1950 due to engine trouble in the B-50 bomber. Luckily, the plutonium core was not installed at the time. The USAF covered up the nuclear incident until the 1980s.

j5vX TIL during world war ll because of food shortage and post-war factors , The Shiba Inu nearly became extinct . all dogs today are bred from the only three surviving bloodlines.

VBQPZ TIL an MIT professor evaluated Nikola Tesla’s “death ray” technology for the FBI. His lab director would later say “over a period of three decades, he would be approached by people of all sorts because he could make megavolt beams of ions and electrons – death rays.”

mZEp TIL North Koreans must abide by one of 28 approved haircuts. Unmarried women must have short hair, but married woman have many more options, and the hair of young men should be less than 2 inches long, older men can go as long as 2¾

Oo1AY TIL"Kangaroo" does not refer to a single species. "red" is the biggest marsupial, more common in arid\outback areas, while the "grey" is more common in less arid and more forested areas. plus 2 more, and the numerous wallaby species