Post * BGEk — Curious Curator

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TIL It’s possible to trap a laser’s beam inside a stream of water, which will result in the beam being guided by the stream.

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OpJL TIL the record for longest consecutive prison sentence ending with the prisoners release is 68 years. Paul Geidel was convicted of 2nd degree murder at the age of 17 and was released at the age of 86.

GAvo4 TIL 5 European divers were swept away from their dive boat by the current during a dive off the coast of Indonesia near Komodo National Park. Adrift at sea for 9 hrs, they managed to swim 25 miles to Rinca island & had to fight off a Komodo dragon with rocks during their 2 nights there before rescue

5Yldk TIL the ancient city of Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built ca. 10,000 BC, is twice as old as Stonehenge, and completely disrupts our ideas of human development and agriculture.

peWQ TIL that the “Galileo” space probe was intentionally crashed into Jupiter at the end of its operational life to avoid contaminating Jupiter’s moons with bacteria.

m5ax TIL a soldier who fired his gun in celebration in NYC got sentanced to 4 - 12 Years For Manslaughter after turning himself in after the stray bullet killed a mother in Queens.