Post * J1ro8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that it can take as little as 3.5% of a population participating in peaceful protest to make policy changes.

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nW9aW TIL Barbara Morgan, a US teacher-turned-astronaut, had close ties to both fatal Space Shuttle tragedies

xVn65 TIL that William Alvin "Bill" Moody aka Paul Bearer, best known as being The Undertakers manager, was an actual mortician

R5j86 TIL "the knock" (Da-da da-da da, da-da) is actually a call-and-response tune known as "Shave and a Hardcut, two bits"

kMxW TIL during WWII, Hawaii had its own unique US banknotes. In case of Japanese invasion, the US government would have declared the notes worthless to prevent their use by Japanese troops.

nW59 TIL There is a radio station transmitting an intermittent beep since 1982 and nobody knows why. Occasionally Russian voices can be heard as well.