Post * 7ZlO — Curious Curator

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TIL Lake Natron is so alkaline that any animals that die in it are turned into calcified statues

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a84kA TIL The United States came to the aid of North Korea to fend off a pirate attack in 2007 off the coast of Mogadishu

b98w9 TIL that during the 1983 invasion of Grenada, the american invading force lacked maps of their own and instead used maps intended for tourists

mWJM TIL the Netherlands arrested a Russian diplomat for mistreating his children. Two weeks later, a senior Dutch diplomat was beaten up in his security-heavy home in Moscow by anonymous thugs.

yBrJ TIL Japanese railways are among the most punctual in the world, with the average delay of the Tokaido Shinkansen being 0.6 minutes. Delays of over an hour may appear in newspapers and delays caused by suicides often lead to the victims families being sued approximately 1 million yen for the trouble.

ZpgyQ TIL The creator of Wonder Woman, William Moulton Marston, was a feminist who lived in a polyamorous relationship with two women, and believed that women should lead the world instead of men