Post * N7XyP — Curious Curator

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TIL according to Michael Jackson's sister, he had enough propofol in his body at the time of his death to kill an elephant.

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wLXKE TIL there is a "forest" covering over 100 acres consisting of over 40,000 trunks of a single tree. The trunks are all connected to the same root system and collectively weigh 6000 metric tons. The root system is an estimated 80,000 years old, though each trunk only lives about 130 years.

7Oax TIL The University of Pittsburgh’s “Cathedral of Learning” is home to 29 “Nationality Rooms,” each of which represents a different nationality.

68LY TIL that one of the main reasons WWF founder Sir Peter Scott choose a panda as the organisations logo was to minimise printing costs (needing just black and white).

RBPl TIL The core of the first nuclear weapon was driven to the test range in the back seat of a scientist’s car.

W90X TIL When Cary Grant was 9-years-old his mother was placed in a mental institution by Grant’s father. He was told she went on a “long holiday”. Believing that she was dead, Grant didn’t learn otherwise until he was 31 and found her living in a care facility.