Post * 7rjaM — Curious Curator

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TIL Antiperspirant works best when applied at night, before bed. The antiperspirant compounds have time to be absorbed overnight and won't be washed away by a morning shower.

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9wVKG TIL the tallest Iranian, Morteza Mehrzad, is a Two time Gold medal winning Sitting Volleyball Paralympian

4X0QN TIL the reason behind the missing holes in IKEA's duvet covers. In Scandinavia we always have holes in the corners of our duvet covers, since it makes it easier to make the bed. Apparently IKEA had to remove this since so many customers in other countries thought it was torn and complained about it.

MPZK TIL Christopher Nolan planned a Howard Hughes biographical film starring Jim Carrey, but it was tabled when he learned that Martin Scorsese was making The Aviator. The project he worked on the same year instead? Batman Begins!

D1MGj TIL the US Navy has 6 standard alarms for specific scenarios on a submarine. Each alarm sounds different, has immediate actions and priority- collision, diving, missile emergency, missile jettison, general, and power plant casualty. A mnemonic for the order is, "Can Dead Missile Men Get Pro-Pay?"

OGa97 TIL that when steam locomotives needed to refill their water tanks on long journeys, they would sometimes make use of water troughs built directly on the tracks. The engineers would lower a scoop into the trough as the train drove over it, refilling the tanks without needing to stop.