Post * ADrd — Curious Curator

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TIL there’s a biodegradable urn that contains a tree seed that absorbs the nutrients in your ashes. You can become a tree when you die!

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RZna TIL that facts don’t win arguments because of something called the ‘backfire effect’ in which “corrections actually increase misperceptions among the group in question.” Since your friend knows you and your opinions well, he or she does not view you as an all-knowing source of information.

awyJ TIL that it is possible to walk from US soil to Russian soil from December to June as an ice bridge forms between the Diomede islands

OGyYR TIL the USA has the 2nd oldest constitution in the world (San Marino is #1)

e07k6 TIL that many fire departments, including the San Francisco FD, still prefer wooden ladders because they are non-conductors of electricity, the best natural insulator against heat, and only burn on the outside while the centre of wood remains solid and strong.

0wr5p TIL a F-105D fighter jet nicknamed Pussy Galore "boosted moral" of refueling tanker planes by featuring a naked woman whose genitals marked the refuel "docking" port.