Post * X0XNR — Curious Curator

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TIL that David Carradine died in a hotel room in Bangkok, the reported result of autoerotic asphyxiation - the intentional restriction of oxygen for sexual pleasure. His family and agent believed that Carradine was murdered.

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5VOJB TIL twice every day at the same time almost 900 weather balloons are released across the world that collect the data used for forecasting the weather.

dJJZ TIL that in 1856, an Indian mathematician was hired to calculate the height of Mount Everest and found it to be exactly 29,000 ft. Authorities released the height as 29,002 ft to avoid speculation that they had just given a rounded estimate as it would have been hard to believe the exact figure.

nW7Kd TIL that Grenadine syrup is pomegranate flavored, not cherry. The name “grenadine” originates from the French word grenade, which means pomegranate.

wLpr8 TIL that the last song played by Tom Petty in concert was "American Girl."

lPNr TIL Peter Francisco, known as the Virginia Giant, was a Goliath-like soldier in the American Revolutionary War. Because of his prowess, George Washongton once said the war might have been lost without his efforts.