Post * Jad8 — Curious Curator

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TIL an American/Canadian Space Gun, Which Shot a Projectile 112 Miles High, Sits Rusting in a Barbados Jungle

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neOJr TIL that people in the Philippines say "Tao po" when knocking on someone's door. It translates to "I am a human being". It comes from the belief that evil entities cannot do human speech. "Tao po, hindi aswang" is the original phrase, meaning "I am a human, not a flesh eating monster"

4kP0R TIL the first recorded human fatality attributed to a leopard seal occurred in 2003 when biologist Kirsty Brown was killed by one while conducting research snorkeling in Antarctica. The animal drowned her by holding her underwater for around six minutes at a depth of up to 230 feet (70m).

m8yP TIL that, because of the amount of granite in its construction, Grand Central Station produces more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant.

4kbVX TIL about the temple of Aphrodite Kallipygos" in ancient Syracuse, Sicily. Literally translating to Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks. There’s even a statue at the National Archeological Museum of Naples and another in the Jardin des Tuileries

Yp7N7 TIL that when Andy Samberg's comedy trio, The Lonely Island, was making a TV pilot in 2000 they were filming a scene in which an elderly lady is getting mugged when Kiefer Sutherland happen to walk by and tried to stop it thinking it was real.