Post * E19EW — Curious Curator

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TIL that pixel stands for picture element.

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N7nKe TIL about Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer defending a man accused of murder, accidentally shot himself and died while demonstrating how the victim might have accidentally shot himself. His client was cleared.

epdQ4 TIL China’s First Emperor’s Obsessive Quest for Immortality and The Elixir of Life Led to His Death and Collapse of His Dynasty

eQOJ TIL while it’s only impossible to go faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, it’s definitely possible for some things to go faster than light in air or water, and when they do, the air or water starts to glow blue

bwmZ TIL that there is actually a word that rhymes with Orange, a sporange is part of a fern or plant.

DQpoj TIL in 1966, the Doors’ were lacking material, and so Jim Morrison asked the other band members to write a song. That same night, guitarist Robby Krieger wrote a song and titled it “Light My Fire.” It became their first ever hit, spent 3 weeks at #1 on Billboard, and launched the band to stardom.