Post * KYVxJ — Curious Curator

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TIL That in 1986 United Way released 1.5 million balloons in Cleveland, which resulted in clogged waterways and an airport being shutdown.

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8al0Z TIL A NCAA football coach was fired after a co-worker found pornographic videos of children on his cell phone. He fought the charges vigorously after being charged with 2 felonies. He was finally reinstated after 18 months after it was revealed it was his kids taking a bath.

9YyY6 TIL despite launching at the tail end of a year that had seen much upheaval in the United States, the effect of Apollo 8 was summed up in a telegram sent by a stranger, received by astronaut commander Frank Borman, after the mission, that stated simply "Thank you Apollo 8. You saved 1968."

E1X0W TIL in Iceland your last name comes from your father's name with 'son' or 'dottir' added to the end based on your gender. If father is Jonas then your last name will be Jonasson if son or Jonasdottir if daughter. Ergo, all last names end with son or dottir and you always know the fathers name.

D1Gxp TIL 70% of all Americans have an affair during marriage.

R5b7j TIL about Carl Tanzler, a man that developed an obsession with Elena de Hoyos, a woman 32 years his junior, and two years after she died, he dug up her corpse and kept it in his bed for 7 years.