Post * OGVAe — Curious Curator

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TIL that World War One flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker became a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines and survived well into the 1970s

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69pX TIL the Black Market is the world’s 2nd largest and fastest growing economy

vgOR TIL that according to the Hawaiian creation myth, our universe comes from the wreckage of another, earlier universe and the only creatures that survived from that alien universe are octopuses

jY8X TIL Detroit has put in the most bids to host the olympics without ever hosting them

awLJA TIL of the ‘Megatherium’ or Giant ground sloth, one of the largest land mammals known to have existed, weighing up to 4 tons, and measuring up to 6 m (20 ft) in length from head to tail, as big as modern elephants.

ZJAB TIL The Titanic was originally designed with sufficient lifeboats for all crew and passengers on board. However, the extra lifeboats were deemed to interfere with the viewing experience from 1st class suites and as a result were removed.