Post * YpYLd — Curious Curator

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TIL about sailors who discovered a dead German sailor during the Clipper Boat Race

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BM5W TIL that in 1527 189 Swiss guards held off 20,000 Mercenaries so the pope at the time could escape. The pope managed to escape and later hired the 40 guards that survived to be his personal guards.

p8gWG TIL in 1959 Cornell physicists had speculated that any extraterrestrial civilization attempting to communicate via radio signals might do so using a frequency of 1420 mHz which is naturally emitted by hydrogen. 18 years later that exact transmission was read in Ohio, nicknamed the "Wow! signal".

JYVJj TIL that founder of the gangster rap group NWA, Kim Nazel (aka Arabian Prince / Professor X), is now investing, educating, mentoring young technology entrepreneurs to help revitalize the inner cities

NEKb TIL that around this time of year (passover) every year, Coca Cola makes kosher for passover coke that uses real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup (noticeable by the yellow cap). it tastes better than regular coke and costs more to manufacture which is why they don’t make it year round.

WkpP9 TIL that in a group of 23 random people there is a 50% probability that a pair of the individuals share a birthday - despite there being 365 separate days each person can be born. This is referred to as the birthday paradox. With a group of just 70 people, this probability goes up to 99.9%!