Post * WkRD4 — Curious Curator

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TIL It is believed that Van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime. The remainder were sold and became famous after his death.

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57RB TIL: If you reach the most inaccessible point in Antarctica (82°06′S 54°58′E) there is a golden visitors’ book to sign.

9YlQ7 TIL Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, has volcanic eruptions so powerful that they can be seen with large telescopes on Earth

WEdX TIL that the Nicholson Electroplating bomb from the LA Noire DLC pack is not only possible, it actually happened in 1947- at an electroplating plant inLos Angeles

rZyw TIL the dodo bird’s flightlessness and lack of a fear response was actually an evolutionary advantage before humans arrived, allowing them to conserve energy on an island with no predators.

mxmVM TIL When Paul Rudd appears on any Conan show, he’s supposed to show a clip of his latest movie. Instead he shows the same clip of Eric in a wheelchair going over a cliff into a lake with Mac looking on. That’s 15 years of pranking Conan O’Brien.