Post * a9KN — Curious Curator

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TIL That the Mongolian Navy consists of a single tugboat manned by seven men, only one of whom knows how to swim.

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oBgRR TIL about the Bigfin Squid. The arms and tentacles of this beast are believed to be between 4-8 m (13-26 ft) long. These appendages are held perpendicular to the body, creating "elbows". These squids drag their long arms across ocean floor and pick up anything they catch to eat.

e0yan Today I learned a christmas stocking is a viable weapon against stuffed animals.

aXk9 TIL that when the original Scooby-Doo series was created by 1969, a young voice actor named Frank Welker was cast as Fred in his very first voice role. He later became one of the highest grossing actors of all time, and still voices Fred nearly 50 years later.

woylY TIL Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States & mastermind behind the D Day attacks was the president of Columbia University.

b694 TIL that, as a way to reinvent himself upon enrolling at Northwestern University, Stephen Colbert began pronouncing his last name with a silent t.