Post * AWDd — Curious Curator

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TIL the US military modified a C130 with rockets so it could land in and take off from a football stadium, in Iran, to rescue hostages.

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VAn4 TIL Exactly 10 Years Ago, Iceland resumed whaling after a 14-year moratorium

Knda TIL that Richard Feynman drove a van with Feynman diagrams painted on it.

lDOr TIL during the Makahiki festival in Hawaii, the chief would go off shore in a canoe. When he came back warriors threw spears at him and he had to deflect them to prove his worthiness to rule.

XENb6 TIL that Münchausen syndrome, where a person pretends to be ill to gain attention and sympathy, is more common in men while Münchausen syndrome by proxy, where a caregiver (usually mothers) fakes or causes illness/injuries to a vulnerable person under their care, is more common in women.

womyP TIL that the average male will produce roughly 525 billion sperm cells over a lifetime. That's around five times the number of people who have ever lived.