Post * WkQ4 — Curious Curator

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TIL “pie à la mode” was named by a professor who went around to restaurants ordering it by that name

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AY8a TIL that the light from the sun pushes the earth with a force of about 2 metric tonnes

9wWOQ TIL that, while "A Few Good Men" does not inform its audience that it's inspired by a true story, many of the facts are based on a case that Deborah Sorkin (sister of screenwriter Aaron Sorkin) was involved in as a JAG officer.

8Rda TIL “Esposa”, the Spanish word for “handcuffs”, is also the word used for “wife” in Spanish

OGo5X TIL there is a species of bird that has only been found once. A Red Sea Cliff Swallow was found in Sudan in 1984, and a second bird of this species has never been found. There is not enough conclusive evidence to say it matches any other species of swallow, so it is still listed as its own species.

j6wmn TIL that Neil Harbisson — an artist born with complete color-blindness — became the world's first "cyborg" after he got an antenna implanted in his head that translates different wavelengths of light into vibrations on his skull, which he then perceives as sound.