Post * EgVKX — Curious Curator

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TIL about Matthias Schlitte who used his genetic disorder Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber Syndrome, an overgrowth of tissues and bones, to his advantage to be crowned arm wrestling world champion in the 70-kilogram class in 2022.

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BrO5x TIL that the skeleton named Lucy, a part human and part chimpanzee from 3.2 million of years skeleton and contributed to the human evolution theory, was named after the song from the Beatles, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" because the archaeologists who found her, were listening that song non-stop.

ADjMa TIL there's a material called FOGBANK that's used by the US Department of Energy that's so top secret and compartmentalized, that the government once actually "forgot" how to make it due to a lack of actual records and dwindling institutional knowledge

d80AE TIL that while the school curriculums of Scandinavian countries require that every child should learn how to swim, drowning is still the third most common cause of death among children in Sweden

J198m TIL about the Gouzenko Affair,in which GRU Agent Igor Gouzenko,assigned to the Soviet embassy in Canada, attempted to defect in September 1945. Despite offering evidence of Soviet espionage in the west, several Canadian officials, including Prime Minister King were initially reluctant to accept him.

OGaQL TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes.