Post * M76NA — Curious Curator

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TIL the lungs are the primary excretory organ for fat. In plain English, we lose most body fat through our breath when doing exercise. When your body burns fat (especially during exercise), the fat is converted into carbon dioxide (CO₂) and water

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KeL6 TIL that Google has invested over $500 million in a secretive startup company called Magic Leap, who aims to release retinal display VR devices.

5YJ6D TIL Neil Armstrong's heart rate was 150 when he landed on the Moon. For a fit astronaut, not moving, the only explanation is he was terrified. But he set the Eagle down with less than 30 seconds of fuel: Truly the Right Stuff.

846a TIL during the scene for the 2008 film Cloverfield in which the head of the Statue of Liberty falls onto a city street, the head’s size is larger than its actual size in real life. Originally it was made properly to scale, but test audiences complained it looked too small and unrealistic.

jnLj TIL 10% of people don’t like Cilantro because when they eat it, they taste soap

Zpe0G TIL the unique way film stars talked in old Hollywood movies was due to them being taught the “Transatlantic accent” in film school; it was a mix of American and British accents made up for the upper classes