Post * ANM87 — Curious Curator

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TIL: While the South Pole lies on a continental land mass, the North Pole is located in the middle of the Arctic Ocean amid waters that are almost permanently covered with constantly shifting sea ice.

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Lk9lp TIL that while peacock mantis shrimp can see light ranging from deep UV to far IR (300-720nm), they can only discriminate wavelengths that are more than 25nm apart, the difference that separates orange and yellow, with humans being able to discriminate wavelengths that are only 1-4mm apart

4XgX6 TIL that as a white belt, Paul Walker told his BJJ coach that he would get his black belt "even if he needed to get it in his coffin", shortly after Walker's death, that same coach awarded Walker his black belt and told his father he could put it in his coffin.

7R5M TIL: Henry Ford doubled his workers wages to keep them from walking off the job, not so they could afford to buy his cars.

oRYLW TIL Tupac Amaru Shakur was named after Tupac Amaru II who led the largest anti colonial rebellion in Spanish American history in 18th century Peru

j61mp TIL Nebraska's USPS abbreviation was originally "NB" - however it was changed to "NE" at the request of Canada in order to avoid confusion with New Brunswick. It is the only time a state / territory has changed its USPS abbreviation since the introduction of the system in 1963