Post * 6978 — Curious Curator

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TIL A university in Pennsylvania sells the Plan B pill in a vending machine.

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9wZGr TIL The SR-71 Blackbird was made of titanium purchased from the Soviet Union through third world countries as they were the only supplier large enough. The SR-71 was used to spy on the Soviet Union for the rest of the cold war.

x6577 TIL name of the Halliburton Company is inscribed on the dome of the Oklahoma State Capitol Building

kJ8N7 TIL there are 21,215 7-Eleven stores in Japan (nearly 30% of global stores), with 2,824 stores in Tokyo alone

wLZaP TIL that, in 1803, an English town experienced so many ghost sightings that its citizens formed armed ghost-patrols to catch the spirit. The hunt ended when a bricklayer dressed in white was mistaken for the ghost and shot in the face.

kJ7dm TIL some frogs in South/Central America have the rare ability to become nearly transparent when they're sleeping but look opaque reddish-brown when hopping around. Using light and ultrasound imaging technology they found the frogs concentrate their blood in their liver, draining them of most color.