Post * MeaKW — Curious Curator

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TIL that John Fogetry of Creedence Clear Water Revival was sued for copyrighting himself. The Supreme Court of the US ruled that a person cannot in fact plagiarize themselves

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69elX TIL: In 2015, a team of Italian scientists at the University of Trento made spiders produce stronger webs by spraying them with water infused with nanotubes and graphene. These super spider webs were stronger than Kevlar.

9G6 TIL that there is a tree that can “walk” to to reach light

gMVpW TIL That spray/aerosol cans don't always have metal ball bearings in them, they can also be marbles and are known as 'peas'

M7BB TIL that Walt Disney’s last words were “Kurt Russell,” and that no one, including Kurt Russell, knows what he meant.

PORV TIL when the Rwandan Genocide began, to seek safety from Hutu militias, 2000 Tutsi refugees fled to a school where Belgian UN peacekeepers were stationed. On orders from their government they pulled out 3 days later. The militias were waiting outside. After they left, the refugees were slaughtered.