Post * R7G07 — Curious Curator

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TIL That the pilot of the failed Challenger spacecraft's last audible words were "Uh oh"

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D1lWV TIL the first president of the United States, George Washington died in an incident of phlebotomy aka bloodletting gone wrong. In order to treat his throat infection, his three doctors could not agree on his diagnosis. They ended up draining eight pints of blood.

b6vG0 TIL about the Arecibo message, a radio message consisting of information about humans and Earth that was sent to globular star cluster M13 in 1974, in hopes that extraterrestrial life would receive and decode it.

dvWQ TIL immunization efforts have reduced polio cases by >99%. Pakistan accounts for 86% of the current cases

0wN15 TIL of a science fiction novel by Dr. Wernher von Braun named "Project Mars: A Technical Tale". The novel, made in the late 1940s, describes Mars exploration. In this novel, Mars is inhabited by Martian civilization and the leader of the Martian government is entitled "Elon" (Chapter 24 on page 177)

5VV0n TIL French artist, Yves Klein, sold a series of non-existent spaces in exchange for a weight of pure gold. Some accepted his offer. In 1959, almost 60 years after his death, a receipt he wrote to prove ownership of his invisible artworks sold for $1.16 million at Sotheby's auction house in Paris.