Post * Rep4 — Curious Curator

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TIL that a captive beluga whale learned how to speak rudimentary English after 7 years in captivity; it was only known after a diver visiting his tank at night heard voices telling him to “get out” when no one else was in sight, it was actually the beluga whale.

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mxkDx TIL: One of the worlds rarest cars was discovered abandoned in a parking garage in Atlanta. Also given insight on why they killed the electric car prior to the Tesla rise.

BvBx TIL the Wright Bros, after numerous incident-free tests, were poised to make their pitch for the Army airplane contract. With Lt. Thomas Selfridge as passenger, the plane crashed, injuring Orville and killing Selfridge, resulting in the first airplane fatality. They received the contract anyway.

E1WQV TIL about "glacier mice": fuzzy green balls of moss that form on top of glaciers and move like a herd of rodents

rR9W4 TIL About hornet cooking: a swarm of honeybee’s group together to make a tight ball around the hornet. By frantically beating their wing the hornet overheats and thus gets cooked

vWRR TIL That George Washington had 124-126 Ounces of Blood Let Before His Death. Modern Physicians think that this was the cause of his death. A normal person has 162-185 oz of blood.