Post * Z8bkY — Curious Curator

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TIL astronauts typically spend a week in quarantine before any space mission, in order to prevent themselves from giving any possible illnesses to the rest of their crew

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vPaED TIL, Rovaniemi's buildings 90% destroyed during WWII. When the city was rebuilt, the new city plan was designed by Alvar Aalto architect, who planned the city's footprint in the shape of a reindeer's head, with the city roads forming the antlers, and the local sports stadium as the reindeer's eye.

OJbY TIL James Cameron saved Guillermo del Toro’s father from Mexican kidnappers by paying the $1,000,000 ransom

eGKn TIL that a movement seeks to rename the Australian dollar to the “dollarydoo”, based on a classic ‘The Simpsons’ episode. Doing so would increase demand for the currency and strengthen the Australian economy, organizers claim.

P8ZE TIL Sperm can live inside a woman’s vagina for up to 5 days waiting for her to begin ovulation.

ZvLv TIL Shakespeare’s plays were so popular that pirated copies were made. Reporters would attend a performance and quickly write down the play’s entire text in shorthand as it was spoken. The pirated copies often had errors due to the reporters making mistakes while writing.