Post * 9Y59D — Curious Curator

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TIL that a NASA intern unknowingly purchased original footage from the Apollo 11 voyage at a government auction in 1976 for $217.77. He found out over 30 years later and sold them for $1.82m at Sotheby’s.

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Jkjv TIL the “death tax” only affects estates worth $5.45 million per person. 99.8% of estates owe no tax.

AEWd TIL that after the removal of the Creek and Cherokee from their lands, the state of Georgia held a series of public lotteries to give away the property to White settlers.

R5LDQ TIL that the upon learning of JFK's death, the crew members of Air Force One removed four seats from the aircraft and a portion of the bulkhead in order to accommodate for JFK's casket as they simply refused to put the 'President's body in the cargo hold'.

YprnZ TIL that the United Nations is located in international territory sold to the UN for $8.5m by John D. Rockefeller.

D1rEV TIL that Southern live oak was a secret weapon of the USS Constitution, one of America's first naval vessels, that was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" after so many cannonballs bounced off her hull because live oak wood is a super dense wood.