Post * YpvL7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Richard Branson once drove a tank to times square and rolled over three tonnes of coca cola cans and shot a coca cola sign to advertise virgin cola, his own drink.

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Lklr9 TIL The Largest Alligator caught currently holding the modern day World Record is 15 ft & 1011.5 lbs. Caught in the ALA. River. Taxidermists autopsied the beast and found an ENTIRE WHOLE DEER in its stomach. Also found, small squirrels swallowed whole as well. The deer is est. to have been 3 y/o.

xVWQg TIL grasshoppers & locusts are the same species. Grasshoppers are generally solitary & innocuous, but when overcrowded, a chemical releases in their brain which turns them into a locust — ravenous, horny, and attracted to large groups. Oddly enough, that brain chemical is: Serotonin

oBKXY TIL On September 11,2001 Astronaut Frank Culbertson was the only American not on earth that day, he was 250 miles above at the International Space Station and this is the photo he took Of NYC. He said he didn't know what was going on but he knew it was bad because he could see the smoke from space.

Omm1 TIL that the R-rated South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut intentionally used 399 swears, since the MPAA would give an NC-17 rating to any movie using 400 or more swears.

rDme TIL that in 2017, Norway will be the first country in the world to shut down FM radio and go digital instead. Norway plans to switch to DAB (which stands for ‘Digital Audio Broadcasting’), since FM is eight times more expensive.