Post * OoNee — Curious Curator

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TIL Jeff Bezos sends '?' emails to his employees to "keep them on their toes."

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x6b9k TIL former Alben Barkley, relegated to the back bench in his return to the Senate, noted in a speech, “I’m glad to sit in the back row, for I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.” He then dropped dead.

Wkvxo TIL NASA will launch a SpaceX rocket next summer in a test of planetary defense. The rocket will impact a near-earth asteroid in 2022 in an attempt to change its trajectory.

pY4gQ TIL The Sala delle Asse is a 15mx15m room painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1498 to depict an open air environment. In 1499 the castle was occupied by the French army and the walls painted over. Attempts to restore the room have been occuring since 2012.

JYNQl The coronavirus crisis is taxing New York City’s 911 system like never before. Operators pick up a new call every 15.5 seconds. The Fire Department said it has averaged more than 5,500 ambulance requests each day — about 40% higher than usual, eclipsing the total call volume on Sept. 11, 2001.

MeAV8 TIL that a strain of Anthrax virus, that had been trapped in a reindeer carcass frozen in permafrost for over 75 years, thawed and infected around 2000 reindeer and ended up infecting over 20 humans.