Post * OoNA4 — Curious Curator

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TIL of a Bronx cop who was sentenced to a minimum of 12 1/2 years for drug and robbery charges.

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4N0J TIL that Denzel Washington has never done a sequel to any of his movies, a rare thing in Hollywood these days.

mx8gM TIL that blackjack basic strategy (the optimal strategy for winning) was developed by four US army engineers, who called themselves the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In 2008 they were inducted into the Blackjack Hall of Fame.

R7eX7 TIL that there are 10 million descendants of passengers on the Mayflower.

omRL TIL that Teflon (PTFE) is the only substance that a gecko cannot climb.

grV14 TIL that British mathematician Lord Kelvin was so confident in his abilities, he once is said to have sent a servant to find out who was the second-highest scoring student in a mathematical competition at the University of Cambridge. The servant returned and replied "You were, sir".