Post * Z9vp — Curious Curator

› added 11 years ago

251

TIL That there was a violent street gang in 1980’s NYC called The Decepticons, and their leader called himself Megatron.

Read more

8aVJZ TIL the Wright Brothers were notorious patent trolls who tried to ruin everyone who tried to innovate with flight. Also see American Innovations.

vP1J7 TIL that DC Comics sued the sneaker company DC Shoes because of their similar logo. However it turned out that DC Comics hadn't trademarked their logo properly, so they lost the case and had to pay the shoe company every year to use their own logo.

8eXDX TIL Dogs preferred to poop with their body being aligned along the North–South axis.

GYpkG TIL that the landlocked country of Mongolia has a navy with only one vessel with a strength of seven men, one of whom can swim

neJWb TIL jumps are classified by what kind of foot transfer happens. You hop on one foot, you leap from one foot to the other. Jumping is two feet to two feet. Assemble is jumping from two feet but landing on one, and Sissonne is jumping from one foot and landing on two.