Post * 8evXL — Curious Curator

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TIL In 1998 part of the hull of the Titanic was recovered and is displayed in a casino. Visitors are given a 'boarding pass' with the name of a passenger and find out the fate of their passenger at the end of the exhibition.

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VaJZ TIL in WW2 the US Navy added poison to their torpedo fuel, as the torps were fuelled with Ethanol (Alcohol), and too many sailors were getting hammered on “Torpedo Juice” - a mixture of 2 parts torp fuel and 3 parts pineapple juice. They changed poisons after too many sailors went blind.

e04JL TIL that, in order to become an astronaut, you need to know stuff like survival skills, robotics, how to fly an airplane, and both english and Russian. You also need a bachelor's degree in a nature science.

6EnlQ TIL of Nandy, a Neanderthal skeleton recovered in Iraq. He suffered extensive injuries, including the loss of an arm early in his life, and was unlikely to have been able to care for himself. Despite this, he lived until the age of 45, suggesting that he was cared for by his society

n64Y TIL that a student from the Ukraine died from a piece of bubble gum that exploded in his mouth. He accidentally dipped the gum into a packet of explosive material, instead of citric acid.

DrWj TIL In the making of “Once Upon a Time in the West”, one of the actors (Al Mulock) commited suicide by jumping down from his hotel room. Before being taken away in the ambulance, director Sergio Leone shouted, “Get the costume, we need the costume.”