Post * a8LR9 — Curious Curator

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TIL that although The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed over 80% of the city - only six deaths were officially recorded.

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xRBg TIL the Last Words of Alexander Blackwell: “I am sorry for the mistake but this is the first time I’ve been beheaded.” Spoken after he laid his head on the wrong side of the chopping block, and was corrected by the executioner.

VMmrp TIL that muon imaging could help save the Great Dome of Florence, and might solve the secret of how the heck Brunelleschi built it in the first place

ADbxo TIL of King Fahd's Fountain in Saudi Arabia, the tallest fountain in the world. Reaching a height of 312m, it is taller than the London Shard, the Eiffel Tower, and the Chrysler Building.

wVJP TIL The mathematical properties of the arch-angel Gabriel’s supposed “Horn of truth” has been solved.

4knXw TIL that in 2014 a comet passed extremely close to Mars, nearly equal to 1/3 the Earth-Moon distance. It even heated up Mars upper atmosphere and measurably slowed the orbits of several Mars orbiters.