Post * XE4k — Curious Curator

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TIL On Mars instead of snowing frozen water like on earth…. it snows DRY ICE

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aPBJ TIL When three-letter airport codes became standard, airports that had been using two letters simply added an X.

DQEJY TIL about The International Wizard of Oz Club. A fangroup for the Wizard of Oz books, and L. Frank Buam in general, that was founded in 1957 by Justin Schiller (13 at the time) who is still an active member. They host physical meetups twice a year and publish a physical magazine 3 times a year.

01w1 TIL that in northern Finland, reindeer’s horns are painted with a fluorescent color in order to avoid car accidents.

OEJ1 TIL the Chinese had guns and a firearm that looks like a modern rifle in the 1300s

XEGJ6 TIL that the Henry Ford Company eventually became Cadillac where a man named Jack Taylor worked. He made renting a vehicle easy and eventually founded Enterprise Ren-A-Car. A business named after the Aircraft Carrier he was stationed on.