Post * Me7BW — Curious Curator

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TIL Salt Bae gets paid $325/steak to be a living meme... That's a $25,000 Rolex on his wrist

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BrjxD TIL in 35th fastest supercomputer in the world in 2010 was The Condor Cluster built by the US Air Force from over 1700 PS3s linked together running Linux

Bgm1W TIL that Pliny the Elder, the ancient Roman historian, died at the eruption site of Pompeii evacuating survivors out of the area. When his crew began to see ash falling on their vessel as they approached, they advised him to turn back. He responded "Fortune favors the bold" and continued on.

vPQ68 TIL that the insurance company Lloyd's of London originally started out as a coffeehouse

XEWeQ TIL that the film It's a Wonderful Life was initially a flop that bankrupted a studio and ended legendary careers until it entered public domain.

wy1o TIL that millionaire Jimi Heselden bought the Segway company in 2010 then died the same year from falling off an 80 foot cliff on a Segway