Post * 69Q7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that “care package” comes from an acronym started in 1945 for “Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe.”

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PmXg TIL President Buchanan was the only US President with military service who did not serve as an officer.

PYwZE TIL that wild populations of the Kanab Ambersnail exist in only two small, disconnected areas. One location is a series of small ponds located in a meadow near Kanab, Utah, and the other is at some waterfalls that emerge from the cliff face near the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

x6bbw TIL in 2016, a suicide bomber carrying explosives in his laptop boarded Daallo Airlines, with the intention of destroying the aircraft. Twenty minutes after takeoff, the bomb detonated, resulting in a hole in the plane and the ejection of the bomber from the aircraft. he was the only casualty.

p85MZ TIL the Implicit Assumption Test (IAT) can help you identify your ingrained biases you didn't know existed.

Ag0x TIL there is an Ig Nobel Prize for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. This year’s winners include Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, LITHUANIA, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank.