Post * 5YWXD — Curious Curator

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TIL of the Giant Impact hypothesis, where a Mars-sized planet, Theia, is theorized to have collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago. The debris from both planets eventually coalesced to form the Moon.

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M8QW TIL That the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in history. Worth 78 Million Dutch Guilders, adjusted to dollars it was worth $7.4 TRILLION.

Gy1N TIL that the first non-Caucasian pro basketball player, Wataru Misaka, later declined an offer because the “salary for a rookie and the salary for a starting engineer weren’t much different.”

j6NDX TIL about Kosmos 954, a nuclear powered satellite that crashed into northern Canada in 1978, spreading radioactive debris all over the area. An incident that was largely kept from the locals inhabiting the area at the time.

mx9BR TIL that, unlike ants, termites have a King AND Queen of their colonies. This is because, also unlike ants, males survive after mating and spend the rest of their lives paired with their mated female.

R5REw TIL about William Sitgreaves Cox a junior officer aboard the USS Chesapeake who was court martialed for leaving his command when he assisted his wounded captain below decks. Since all other senior officers were wounded, he had become the commanding officer by default, unbeknownst to him.