Post * P1m5w — Curious Curator

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TIL about megacryometeors: Huge chunks of ice that fall from the sky like hailstones, but under mysterious weather conditions (e.g. cloudless days). Originally thought to be frozen aircraft hydraulic fluid, their exact formation process remains unknown.

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d8Er8 TIL That Jupiter is so massive that it orbits an empty point in space above the surface of the Sun (and so does the Sun)

pPY8 TIL a man was arrested for not showing his I.D. to police when comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested for obscenity during a performance in L.A. They rode in the same cop car together. That man, was young George Carlin.

QN8rE TIL that in 1971–1972 the Indonesian New Order government launched "Operasi Koteka" ("Operation Penis Gourd") to encourage the Papuan people to wear shorts and shirts because such clothes were considered more "modern" compared to their traditional Koteka, which is a penis sheath.

grOpD TIL that an unknown 19th century Japanese artist painted a parody of the sacred scene of the Buddha's death that is commonly called the "Penis Paranirvana", in which the dying Buddha is replaced by a giant anthropomorphic penis being mourned by women and other penises.

Dvwj TIL that the most highly decorated naval officer of the Allied during WW2 was the Norwegian Leif Larsen, a veteran of the Winter War who ferried refuges and soldiers through occupied Norway over 50 times with a fishing boat.