Post * VLoZ — Curious Curator

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TIL that Superman was once bitten by Dracula. But because the Man of Steel is fueled by the sun, Dracula immediately exploded.

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X0X4P TIL that Dean Martin named one of his daughters Deana

QNZYd TIL n 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young adults. The accused represented a third of the island's male population, and most are descendants of mutineers of HMS Bounty.

Y7KoB TIL Lou Pai, one of Enron executives, resigned and sold his shares for $250 million to get divorced and marry a stripper. The company collapsed few months later.

8g44 TIL deuterium, one of the ingredients of nuclear fusion, is readily found in seawater, and “viewed as a potential fuel for a fusion reactor, a gallon of seawater could produce as much energy as 300 gallons of gasoline.”

OoYeL TIL that Three physicists flew around the world twice in 1971 with synced atomic clocks to test out the time dilation theory. Upon meeting up, they found that all 3 of the clocks disagreed with each other.