Post * RZyj — Curious Curator

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TIL there is an indoor farm in japan that can produce 10,000 heads of lettuce in a day, while using 99% less water than an outdoor farm.

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lNkr TIL that in Auschwitz, an SS guard fell in love with a Jewish prisoner. He saved her life multiple times and in return, she testified on his behalf during his post-war trial.

W7oRA TIL roughly 1% of static on an analog TV is direct light residue from the Big Bang

awVDo TIL that an Arizona Senator candidate got away with murdering his Mom & Sister. Claims it was self defense, yet the bodies of his mom and sister were found in their rooms to have died of being shot in there sleep. He claims he killed them in his room after his mother shot at him.

xrko TIL that Fallout’s “Fat Man” actually existed in real life. In the 1950’s, the US developed the Davy Crockett launcher that would fire essentially a mini-nuke with a 10 or 20 ton yield.

R7Oy6 TIL in 2018 a French historical theme park named Puy du Fou trained six Rooks, a member of the crow family, to pick up cigarette butts and trash. When one of them takes a piece of trash to a special box the device dispenses bird food.