Post * 9wBmp — Curious Curator

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TIL that during WWII, 14,700 tons of Silver loaned from the US Treasury were used for the circuitry of the Manhattan Project, because there wasn't enough copper due to war-time shortages. All but "thirty six thousandths of one percent" were returned to the US Treasury by June 1st, 1970.

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epKj5 TIL there is an ancient Corinthian helmet in the Museum of Korea. Originally gifted to marathoner Son Gi-Jeong for winning the gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, he did not receive it until 1986. Son then donated it to the museum. It is Korea's only designated Western "National Treasure"

l7VR1 TIL Christopher Tapp was wrongfully convicted in 1996 for the murder of Angie Dodge after being coerced into a false confession. Freed, exonerated, & awarded $1.2 million 20 years later, he became an advocate for the innocent—only to be tragically murdered in 2024.

4kkbb TIL about Nicole Camphaug, a Canadian Inuk fashion designer who promotes Inuit culture by creating contemporary Inuit fashion items. A pair of her sealskin high-heeled shoes are held at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.

a8rRJ TIL Nightshade, a new, free downloadable tool created by computer science researchers at the University of Chicago which was designed to be used by artists to disrupt AI models scraping and training on their artworks without consent Nightshade seeks to “poison” generative AI image models.

1QA8 TIL When Hugh Hefner became a father to two sons raised at the Playboy Mansion, nudity was banned, the “Playmates at Play” sign became “Children at Play”, and the grounds were littered with toys