Post * 7Z4L — Curious Curator

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TIL If everyone lived as densely as the do in Manhattan, the human race could fit in New Zealand.

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kOmv1 TIL Wild Rice is a complete protein, the only grain that is complete (if a bit low in lysine). Also the second highest protein grain.

Qd1E TIL There is an entire book dedicated to the gifts crows have given people who care for them.

Y77Kd TIL that NASA planned to send astronauts to Mars in 1981 using Nerva nuclear rockets but congress cut NASA's funding and Nixon cancelled the Nerva project entirely in 1973, causing Nasa to focus on the development of the Space Shuttle instead

0poR TIL that “Rosie The Riveter” the woman that appeared in the WWII We Can Do It propaganda posters quit her job after only two weeks as a welder because it was too dangerous.

9w0eM TIL during the 2010 Copiapó mining accident, 33 miners were trapped underground for 69 days after a cave-in, one of the miners created a makeshift radio from mining equipment, which allowed the miners to communicate with rescuers and maintain morale during the ordeal.