Post * OZk1 — Curious Curator

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TIL that to prevent the Nazis from discovering two fellow scientist’s gold Nobel prizes, Niels Bohr had them dissolved in aqua regia. They were then stored on a shelf until after the war, when the gold was extracted and re-cast by the Nobel Foundation

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l7lj1 TIL that the Aryan Brotherhood and the Manson Family considered joining forces when they were in prison together, but the partnership fell through when the Aryan Brotherhood took offense at the murder of Sharon Tate.

mxnmo TIL nobody under the age of 32 has ever experienced a cooler-than-average month

lyJV TIL of Marvin Heemeyer, a small garage owner who outfitted a large bulldozer with steel & concrete armor, video cameras and gun-ports, then took it on a rampage in Granby, Colorado.

BgZEd TIL of Maple Syrup Urine Disease; a disorder inherited via genetic mutations causing an infant's urine to smell sweet, like maple syrup.

5Y7jP TIL that before 1530, when “Syphilis” was coined, the Russians had been calling it "Polish disease", the Polish and Germans "French disease" and the Dutch "Spanish disease". The French called it "Italian disease" but the Italians called it "French disease” back at them.