Post * 7MWx — Curious Curator

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TIL Unauthorized Immigrants Paid $100 Billion Into Social Security Over Last Decade

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NWxN TIL The song “La Cucaracha” Is about Cockroaches, Marijuana and Death.

1aJGX TIL many who survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in 1945 were subsequently eaten by sharks as they bobbed in open waters for four days. Navy intelligence had ignored a message from the sub that had torpedoed it, thinking it was a trick to lure American rescue boats into an ambush.

Wk7e9 TIL that a man flipped off a woman while entering a freeway, and proceeded to have his middle finger shot off by her with a .357-caliber revolver.

Lw7P TIL that a single oyster can totally filter up to 2 gallons (7.57L) of water per hour. That means that only 10 oysters are capable of filtering over 1800L in a single day.

dDjdZ TIL Astronauts' bones shed weight in Space, losing as much as 1.5% of their mineral density each month, and recover most of it back on Earth. Interestingly, astronauts with permanent mineral density loss don't seem to experience more bone fractures than normal