Post * Mx1b — Curious Curator

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TIL While filming a fight scene for Sherlock Holmes, Robert Maillet (Dredger) accidentally knocked out Robert Downey Jr.

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08l5 TIL There is a man in Georgia being sentenced to 10 years in prison and banishment from the state for defending himself from 5+ attackers in a hate crime.

YpAeW TIL that everyday flour can be a propellant for an explosion. If a cloud of flour reaches a critical concentration in the air it forms an explosive mixture.

xVQMk TIL: Every year the Alpine Swift spends over 200 days in a row, in the air, without landing. How the birds are physiologically able to do it is still a mystery to scientists.

ne78B TIL that a Harvard study followed men for 75 years, including a subject named Godfrey Minot Camille. He began the study with the lowest rating for future stability of all the subjects and he had previously attempted suicide. But at the end of his life, he was one of the happiest of all.

GYRA4 TIL that US and UK were reluctant to release info about the Holocaust, as they felt that the extreme stories would undermine the credibility of both governments. US also didn't want to turn the war into being about Jews, as antisemitism was quite common in US at the time.