Post * EgOx0 — Curious Curator

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TIL that there is a device called the Nasal Ranger that allows for the quantification of how smelly an odor is.

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j6J6v TIL the sun’s tide-generating force is about half that of the moon (Thurman, H.V., 1994).

okbA TIL that in the North Korean Gulag daily rations amount to less than 500 calories per day, the physically challenged are forced to do hard labor and the death rate is 1,000 to 2,000 per year.

5YeJD TIL that there was an episode of the Twilight Zone in which three astronauts survive a crash landing and wander through the desert until the last man alive realizes he never left earth. Rodd Serling would use a lot of this plot for a film he helped write called "Planet Of The Apes"

QJNjM TIL that a chicken tender is an actual cut of meat not just the breast.

X0B6 TIL the Greek city of Helike sank in an earthquake in 373 BC, and all of the inhabitants died. Over time, it was silted over and was thought to be legendary until it was rediscovered in 2001.