Post * X0Qxr — Curious Curator

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TIL that due to time dilation at relativistic speeds, a human in a spaceship accelerating at a constant 1g could travel the diameter of the milky way in 12 years from their perspective. To an observer on earth, they will have traveled for 113,000 years.

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xkPo TIL warning signs for our nuclear wastes today need symbols which can be understood by the future generations without the assumption that knowledge can be passed to them, and taking into consideration the possibility of human civilization crumbling away.

7rZYZ TIL the Golden State Killer attended a public information meeting about his own attacks. A husband stood up and mocked the notion that the killer would attack if a man was present in the home. The killer followed the couple home to see where they live and returned 6 months later to attack them.

g4k8 TIL World’s fastest talking man can articulate more than 500 words per minute and sings Michael Jackson’s BAD in 20 seconds.

QW8M TIL Bill Gates has a pressure sensitive floor in his home. At any time he knows who and where anyone is in his house.

78g7O TIL That in La Paz, Bolivia - the world's highest national capital at roughly 3,650 m (11,975 ft) above sea level, water boils at 87°C (189°F) instead of the usual 100°C (212°F) at sea level.