Post * Oovy6 — Curious Curator

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TIL: The one hundred folds in a chef’s hat represent one hundred ways to cook an egg

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9mw6 TIL that Thomas & Friends was not the first television adaption of the Railway Series - in 1953, the BBC commisioned a live adaption of “The Sad Story of Henry” During broadcast, a failure to switch the points caused the model of Henry to derail and a human hand to reach out and re-attach it.

VBjaG TIL about the ‘Doppler effect’ which explains why a siren's pitch changes as it passes by

4XmNX TIL in 1781, 142 slaves were thrown overboard from a slave ship. The crew claimed they were low on drinking water and had killed the slaves to save it-this claim was disputed. The slaves had been insured. The case brought major attention to abolition.

LQEJ0 TIL that The development of the first eyeglasses took place in northern Italy in the second half of the 13th century

x6M6k TIL In the 1980s you could record a game off the radio, onto a cassette tape and play it on your computer