Post * DYoY — Curious Curator

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TIL Its not actually true that the US space program spent millions on developing a pen that worked in space, whereas the Russians just used a pencil. They both used pencils at first, but the shavings and chipped graphite floating around were harmful to the astronauts and computers

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PYp7g TIL during a drill in 1943, the USS William D. Porter accidentally fired a torpedo at the USS Iowa which was carrying US President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the time. The entire crew was rumored to have been arrested when they returned to shore.

DQDvv TIL about the Graham's number. It is so large that the observable universe is far too small to contain an ordinary digital representation of Graham's number, assuming that each digit occupies one Planck volume, the smallest measurable space. The last 13 digits are ...7262464195387

x6Zg TIL that the farther back you sit on an airplane, the better your odds of survival in the event of a crash. Passengers near the tail of a plane are about 40 percent more likely to survive a crash than those in the first few rows up front.

kOerB TIL that Mother Teresa's first miracle, a spontaneously cured cancerous tumor, was actually a TBC cyst that was treated with traditional medicine, but the medical documentation to prove this was taken away by the Missionary Sisters.

WORA TIL President James K. Polk is nicknamed by some historians “the least known consequential president.” He promised to serve just one term, and he achieved ALL of the agenda he set at the beginning of his term.