Post * Qn1k — Curious Curator

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TIL that the water in a disused quarry had to be dyed black because people were swimming in the ‘lagoon’ despite the pH of the water being 11.3.

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L7nP TIL There’s a 300-page book called ‘A Void’ that was written without ever using the letter “e”. The original is French but there are over a dozen versions in different languages written by translators who also managed to compose them without using the most common letter of the alphabet.

W7woN TIL; The title, "October Sky", of the 1999 biographical movie about teens studying rocketry as an escape from their coal town was an anagram of the novel it was based on, "Rocket Boys". The novel was then re-released under the title "October Sky" to capitalize on the interest in the movie.

5YgaP TIL Submarine K-219, a nuclear submarine that sank in 1986 due to a missile silo leak. It sank in 18,000ft of water, and when located 2 years later, it's missile doors had been forced open and the nuclear missiles it carried were missing.

R7mg6 TIL that a former Canadian senator once read the entirety of a book he authored during a filibuster, allegedly to have it translated for free by the official parliament translator

wLAp8 TIL that, if extra-terrestrial life is found in our Solar System, it means the Great Filter (whatever keeps other life in the Cosmos from contacting us) is in Humanity's future, not its past. Basically, if we find life on Mars or Europa, we can be certain that our kind will never travel the stars.