Post * Z89mG — Curious Curator

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TIL Adam Savage and Tory Belleci of Mythbusters worked on the models in the Star Wars Prequels

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LQy7V TIL that there is a city in Minnesota named Montevideo, as in the capital of Uruguay, and both namesakes are sister cities, dating back to 1905.

W7xNd TIL that in the 1970s, the CIA developed a mechanical dragonfly as a spy gadget, but the project was scrapped because the device was difficult to control in outdoor conditions.

5YmjB TIL 72 Chinese billionaires died between 2003 and 2011. 15 were murdered, 17 committed suicide, 7 died from accidents, 14 were executed according to the law, and 19 died from diseases.

woOjP TIL there was a Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes in Nova Scotia 22 years before the NHL. The slap shot and goalie butterfly technique originated there. Read more - "Black Ice: The Lost History Of The Colored Hockey League Of The Maritimes 1895-1925," by historians George and Darrill Fosty

epRGD TIL 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the United States was recycled in 2021, a drop from 9.5 percent in 2014