Post * LQROv — Curious Curator

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TIL of the White Rajahs who ruled over Sarawak in modern day Malaysia, from 1841 to 1946

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wLOK7 TIL that Los Angeles's economy is bigger than every state in America with just two exceptions: New York and Texas

jNMZR TIL when Czechoslovakia split, the Czech Republic and Slovakia also split the national anthem - each country got one verse

ADamw TIL: Star Trek's Warp Speed "warp factor 1" means travelling at 1x the speed of light. Once in TNG, Riker claims that the Enterprise would need around 20 minutes for a 300 billion kilometer flight at Warp 9. Thus Warp Factor 9 corresponds to a speed of 900 billion kilometers per hour

Lk7Gr TIL National Museum of American History considers "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "The X-Files" and "Star Trek" important parts of American culture, and has related props in collection

wobWo TIL That the term "box office" originated from Elizabethan-era theaters, referring to the private, elevated seating areas for wealthy patrons called "boxes." The "office" was the location where tickets for these coveted box seats were sold. The phrase expanded to mean the total earnings of the film.