Post * M751a — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 1953, Isaac Asimov wrote a story where he predicted that climbing Mount Everest was impossible and that the first human to reach its summit would have to be parachuted. Everest was first successfully climbed one month after he wrote it and 7 months before it was published.

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R5YJj TIL the British Empire banned slave trading in 1807 and used the Royal Navy to enforce it. Any ship caught with enslaved people onboard would be fined £100 a head. As a result, captains often ordered them thrown overboard to avoid the fine whenever they saw Royal Navy ships approaching.

AQv4 TIL that the quokka, a completely harmless marsupial, is totally unafraid of humans– to the point that some were once kicked to death by mean-spirited kids in “quokka soccer”.

Egkpw TIL After Hugh Hefner died, his widow Crystal said she was so devastated that didn’t leave her bedroom at Playboy Mansion for two weeks. She felt that he always needed her and she had to take care of him

6Rbm TIL That a runny nose while crying, is caused by excess tears entering your sinus cavity. You cry out of your nose.

OjOe TIL the rotary engine was so superior that Mazda built the first and only Japanese car to win at 24 hours at Le Mans. The engine was subsequently banned by the racing organization that ran Le Mans.