Post * GAwvG — Curious Curator

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TIL that rapper DMX had 15 children with nine different mothers, and died without a will.

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9wZGr TIL The SR-71 Blackbird was made of titanium purchased from the Soviet Union through third world countries as they were the only supplier large enough. The SR-71 was used to spy on the Soviet Union for the rest of the cold war.

BgaGD TIL Michael DeBakey, developed over many years the technique of replacing the damaged aorta with a tube made of polyethylene terephthalate. He himself suffered aortic dissection at the age of 97 and survived for two years thanks to the technique he developed himself.

YyOB TIL The heir to the SC Johnson fortune received a sentence of 6 months for repeatedly molesting his 12 year old stepdaughter.

nep57 TIL of the Jackson State Killings, where Mississippi state highway patrol shot into a crowd of Jackson State students, killing 2 and wounding 12, on May 11, 1970. This was one week after the Kent State Massacre.

1gLD TIL that there are dead drops (flash drives embedded in a wall) in random areas around the world for sharing anonymous information with whoever has found them.