Post * WOX9 — Curious Curator

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TIL The SR-71 was made of titanium purchased from the Soviet Union through third world countries as they were the only supplier large enough. The SR-71 was used to spy on the Soviet Union for the rest of the cold war.

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78RRO TIL that sufferers of Carbon Dioxide build-up will experience the follow symptoms: Breathlessness, diziness, confusion and disorientation, headaches, muscle twitching and hand flapping, panic, hyperventilation, convulsions, unconsciousness, and finally, death.

ne01W TIL that one Texas filmmaker made the same film 300 times

r5po TIL that in 2011, a 75 year-old woman accidentally cut the fiber optic cable that provides internet to 90% of Armenia.

E1QNx TIL penguin poop will change Antartica's ecosystem. For the last 5,000 years, penguins have delivered roughly 16 million pounds of nutrient rich poop on the rocks of Antartica. This poop can one day support plants and animals which currently can't survive in Antartica.

nBBd TIL that Adam Savage, host of Mythbusters, wanted to disprove creationism on an episode of Mythbusters, saying, “I’m sick of fifty percent of this country thinking creationism is reasonable. It’s appalling.”