Post * WkRY — Curious Curator

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TIL Mexico’s not only at war with the cartels but also with a group called EZLN who is a nonviolent organization against military, paramilitary, and corporate incursions who take advantage of the indigenous people of Chiapas,Mexico. They are also supported by the likes of Rage Against the Machine.

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0P15 TIL that NASA engineers and employees in the firing room celebrate successful launches with a tradition of eating beans.

QJoPd TIL that electricity does not take the path of least resistance, but takes all paths available (in inverse proportion to the impedance of the paths)

5Ybnn TIL At Frank Sinatra's birth, the doctor thought he was a stillborn. Blue and not breathing, the doctor laid him on the counter while he attended to Sinatra’s mother. It was only when his grandmother picked up the newborn, ran him under cold water and slapped his back that Sinatra started breathing

Mwpm TIL Star Wars the Force Awakens spent $50M more on advertising and trailers ($250M) than they did on production ($200M)

M7oka TIL of The Novgorod Codex. It is the oldest book of Kievan Rus', unearthed on 13 July 2000 in Novgorod. It is a palimpsest consisting of three bound wooden tablets containing four pages filled with wax, on which its former owner wrote down dozens, probably hundreds of texts.