Post * 8eQvb — Curious Curator

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TIL that Ludvig Nobel, brother of Alfred Nobel (founder of the Nobel Prize) was a major oil developer in Baku, Azerbaijan. He created the first oil tanker ship, overcoming obstacles like avoiding fires on board, proper venting, heat expansion and balancing the ship. He refused to patent this.

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Y7VRv TIL that the oral history of the Klamath indigenous people describes the eruption of a volcano and subsequent creation of Crater Lake in Oregon, events that geologists date to almost 8,000 years ago.

b9Lm4 TIL of Anthony de Lucy, 3rd Baron Lucy. De Lucy was an English knight and crusader who died on campaign in the year 1368. In 1981 De Lucy's extremely well preserved remains were found in a crypt beneath the ruins of St. Bees Abbey in Lincolnshire, England, which had since become a car park.

8agVb TIL that when a girl from India lost both her arms, she received big, dark and hairy arm transplants from a man. However after a few years, her new arms became more slender and also changed colour to match her skin tone.

AOEx TIL the “Betty Boop” cartoon character was the subject of a lawsuit by the popular singer Helen Kane, who claimed her singing style had been ripped off. In court, however, it was proven that Kane had herself stolen the style from the African American singer Baby Esther.

R7dBl TIL Mitigation explains one of the great anomalies of plane crashes. Crashes are far more likely to happen when the captain — that is, the more experienced pilot — is in the flying seat because of the 'Mitigated Speech'.