Post * QJeep — Curious Curator

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TIL That Candied Horseradish was a cure for the black plague.

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9wbED TIL New Jersey was the last US state to have slaves. They were not freed until January 1866 (!), when NJ became the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment

GBGJ TIL Elvis Presley asked Richard Nixon if he could get a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley believed the badge would allow him to legally enter any country with whatever weapons and drugs he wanted. Nixon obliged.

69owl Today I learned that during the Paria delta p incident that did happen on February 2022, the five commercial divers were sucked into the 30’’ pipeline at a mean velocity of about 3,3 m/s (10.8 ft/s) and stopped sliding when they were at about 200 m (656 ft) from the riser elbow.

pYmmb TIL the "no one thinks big of you" road safety campaign in Australia reduced the road toll by 22% by implying that drivers who speed have small penises.

M7eo7 TIL about the Assassin's teapot, a two chamber teapot originating from China that was used to poison enemies by dispensing different types of liquid depending on which hole is covered.