Post * 78gvp — Curious Curator

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TIL the avg square feet for apartments in Manhattan has grown over the last 10 years from 721 to 740

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D1Q4g TIL that a man who committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge had left a suicide note that read "I'm going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I won't jump."

69A7w TIL There were Allied POWs in Nagasaki & Hiroshima during the bombings

BrgZK TIL that a 25 MILLION FPS camera exists and uses mirrors to track target objects

4kNbo TIL that Madame Tussaud's skill at making wax replicas of people is what saved her from the French Revolution's Guillotine.

dDZZB TIL that after the Mongols destroyed the Khwarazmian Empire, Western Xia's military commander Asha Gambhu mocked them and challenged them to war, resulting in Western Xia's later destruction.