Post * BgE9L — Curious Curator

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TIL: The Capacitor Plague, where capacitors had much higher failure rates between 1999 and 2007, as the formula was miscopied when a scientist stole it through corporate espionage in Japan. They returned to China and gave it to their previous employer, who put the faulty formula into production.

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rRwyy TIL - When Icelandic people are born they do not take the same last name of their parents. Instead they take their fathers first name and add "son" (son) if you are a boy, or "dottir" (daughter) if you are a girl, to create their last name.

7r0WZ TIL that King Arthur had a Muslim knight: Sir Palamedes. In Arthurian Legends, he is famed for being part of the Tristan-Isolde-Palamedes love triangle, the hunt for the Questing Beast, and the search for the Holy Grail (wherein he converts to Christianity).

ZOJY TIL that the guy who wrote The Anarchist Cookbook became a teacher, denounced his book, and was unaware of how many perpetrators of violent crimes had a copy of his book in their possession.

Eg0WV TIL: The display of diamonds in Hollywood films and songs is one of the most successful cases of product placement in marketing history. Diamonds were placed in several Hollywood films; including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Diamonds Are Forever and in songs such as Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend.

P19xE TIL about the Dutch Reach method, a preferred action for exiting London cabs safely because of the actions it sets off: reach, swivel, look back, open slowly, and then exit facing traffic.