Post * ROm1 — Curious Curator

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TIL: In 2012 a Bumble Bee Tuna worker was cooked in a pressure cooker along with 12,000 pounds of canned tuna

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7wKX TIL: Inspired by the character Lt. Uhura, Mae Jemison joined NASA and became the first African American woman in space, then later became the first real astronaut to appear on Star Trek.

OGxGR TIL in the ABC song, the note for G is a G

0dGZy TIL that a 1968 ad claimed the proposed World Trade Center would pose ‘risk to air navigation,' and showed a plane flying into the north tower

9YAP6 TIL long-time professional baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, who debuted in the MLB at the age of 42, would sometimes instruct his infielders to sit down behind him, and then he would strike out the next three batters.

k4Z1 TIL that between 1960 and 1977, the secret number authorizing US presidents to launch nuclear missiles was 00000000.