Post * MNEb — Curious Curator

› added 12 years ago

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TIL there’s an alarm clock that donates your money to charities/political parties that you disapprove of every time you hit the snooze button.

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8ZJL TIL: When Krakatoa blew, it was the loudest sound ever heard; the sound went around the Earth three times

rRnMM TIL when whales die and sink, their carcasses, known as "Whale falls", provide a bounty of nutrients for deepwater creatures

Owja TIL Scotland Yard uses a national computer system developed for major crime inquiries by all British forces, called Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, which is a backronym for HOLMES, in honor of Sherlock Holmes

WkVXN TIL that until 1930, Brazil was actually called The "United States of Brazil". That means that until relatively recently, there was a USA and a USB in the American continent, one North one South.

R5k47 TIL that the talipot palm produces the world's largest flower cluster (inflorescence) containing one to several million flowers. It grows up to 25m tall, takes 30 to 80 years to reach maturity to flower and then dies immediately afterwards, having drained all its nutrients in the process.