Post * K9X9 — Curious Curator

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TIL The NHL designed a puck with IR sensors in it to track it - that’s how they made it glow in the 90’s

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9Xep TIL the reason perfume is applied to necks and wrists, with behind the knees being the most ideal location, is because these are pulse points that will warm the perfume and release fragrance continuously.

gDlD TIL In 1889, thirty years prior to the 19th Amendment, Wyoming became the first US state to grant women the right to vote. Also, in 1924 the state of Wyoming was the first to elect a female US Governor

16pVX TIL The tallest mountain in our solar system is not on Earth, but rather on Mars. Olympus Mons is approximately 13.6 miles high which is three times the height of Mount Everest (tallest mountain on Earth).

Z81eo TIL punk legends Henry Rollins [Black Flag] and Ian MacKaye [Minor Threat/Fugazi] used to work at the same Haagan-Dazs ice cream shop in Washington D.C. in the early 80s. Rollins was the assistant manager before auditioning with Black Flag.

nWJkr TIL In 1835 The New York Sun published a series of articles claiming that there were bat-like humanoids living on the moon. The stories were entirely fictional, but they fooled some readers at the time.