Post * VR4m — Curious Curator

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TIL it took 6 hours to render one frame of the rain soaked T-Rex in Jurassic Park.

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8ay8a TIL Though Virginia governors may serve two terms; they may not be consecutive terms per Virginia's second constitution.

JY95v TIL that there's a name dispute over whether it's appropriate to refer to Ireland and Britain as the "British Isles". Alternatives include IONA or Islands Of the North Atlantic, the Pretanic Isles after their ancient Greek name, and the St. Agnes Isles after the smallest island in the archipelago.

R7Vpj TIL Ayrton Senna had planned to raise an Austrian flag in honour of Roland Ratzenberger after he crashed and died in 1994 San Marino Grand Prix qualifiers. Senna also died in that very race. When track officials examined Sennas car, they found the furled Austrian flag in the wreckage.

wrMJ TIL millions of bats in North America are dying from a disease called White Nose Syndrome. Scientists don’t know how to treat the illness. In 2008 an estimated 2.4 million pounds of insects went uneaten due to the diminished bat population, causing major strain on agriculture in New England.

OobnL TIL In 1924, a man named W.O. Bashman found a 40.23 carat diamond in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. Nicknamed the "Uncle Sam Diamond," it was the largest diamond ever discovered in North America. It was later cut down to 12.42 carats and sold for $150,000 in 1971 (about $800,000 today).