Post * YKvv — Curious Curator

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TIL that Hawaii and Alaska are the only two states that have never had temperatures that exceed 100F.

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Lk1w0 TIL: The world record for most marriages is 29, held by Glynn Wolfe. When Wolfe died, none of the women he married and only one of his children attended the funeral.

QJoGX TIL about Nikolai Vavilov who, obsessed with ending famine, created the world's largest collection of plant seeds, advancing the genetic study of cultivated plants. He faced anti-Mendelian forces during the Stalin era, leading to arrest in 1940. Ironically, he died in captivity, by starvation.

8a0g8 TIL that German actress Marlene Dietrich was bisexual, and had a romantic involvement with poet Mercedes de Acosta.

kORoe TIL that the US has lost at least 8 Nuclear Bombs

Y76LA TIL: Self replicating probes or spacecraft, also called Von Neumann probes was a concept theorized by the mathematician. He argued that this is the most efficient method of space exploration/mining as they can adapt. The concept has been used in various media such as Mass Effect, Star Trek, etc.