Post * P4xe — Curious Curator

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TIL that Starfish Prime was the largest man made nuclear explosion in outer space.

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KPK4 TIL that Kim Jong Il ordered the kidnap of South Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok and his wife to make movies for North Korea. They gained Kim’s trust and allowed them to travel to Vienna, where they seeked asylum to US Embassy. Feared about their credibility, they secretly taped Kim’s voice prior.

Y7xnA TIL learned that Waffle House stays open 24/7/365 so reliably, even in disaster scenarios, that it's informally used by FEMA as a metric for disaster severity ("If Waffle House closes, get out of there!"). Their preparedness measures include mobile emergency generator trucks and "Jump Waffle Teams"

PYxDG TIL in 1957 Tulsa Oklahoma buried a Plymouth Belvedere to commemorate Oklahoma’s 50th anniversary. In addition, citizens entered guesses as to what Tulsa’s population would be in 2007, closets person would win the car. When the vault was opened it was filled with water and the car was ruined.

NXx9E TIL about The Changing Light at Sandover, an epic-length poem written over twenty years by a gay poet and his lover, based on dictation from spirits speaking through a ouija board

EgdLP TIL Kraft’s boxed mac and cheese became a hit with hungry Americans during World War II because due to a surplus of cheese, you could get two boxes for one ratio point