Post * DLaD — Curious Curator

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TIL there was a so called “helpful worm” that would gain access to Windows XP systems, download security patches from Microsoft to close the vulnerability that it used to infect the system, attempt to delete the infamous Blaster worm (if present) from the system, then delete itself.

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KYWK9 TIL of dazzle camouflage on ships, which consisted of complex geometric shapes and patterns intended to disrupt the ship’s outline and thereby confuse the enemy on the trajectory of the ship

kJ4Xe TIL that in 1957 the US launched Project Pluto, a plan to design and build a "doomsday" cruise missile (SLAM) that would be nuclear powered and carry multiple hydrogen bombs, spreading radiation along its path from the engine. It was loud enough to kill people in its path with sound.

p8ePZ TIL that the flags planted on the moon (Apollo 11) were purchased by a NASA secretary who went to Sears and bought off-the-shelf nylon flags for $5.50 USD (1969). These flags are still “flying” and held aloft by their poles.

KYBYw TIL Dusty Springfield, who sang "Son of a Preacher Man", used in Pulp Fiction, was in a long-term lesbian relationship with Norma Tanega, who sang "You're Dead" , used as the theme song for What We Do In The Shadows.

Z8jKp TIL There is a monument in central Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia celebrating the Beatles. It was built because in Mongolian communist times, local people would sit around listening to forbidden western music and discussing the values of freedom and democracy.