Post * awDN9 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Jupiters Giant Red Spot is expected to dissappear within the next 10 to 20 years despite lasting for an estimated 400 years so far.

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D14Mr TIL that linoleum is made of only natural ingredients, like flaxseed oil, pine resin, wood flour, cork dust, calcium carbonate and natural pigments, which makes it a very environmental friendly flooring, on the contrary to vinyl with which it is often confused.

erQE TIL the Vietnamese once repelled a Mongol naval invasion of ~400 ships by filling a river with iron-tipped spikes and then luring the ships in at high tide. The fleet was trapped at low tide and overwhelmed by a Vietnamese ambush.

oRwOW TIL about the Sankebetsu brown bear incident a series of bear attacks which took place 9-15 December 1915, at the beginning of the Taishō era, in a remote area of Hokkaido, Japan. The attacks ended when the hungry bear, so smart that it started to trick people, was shot dead.

JYOEm TIL US aircraft carriers are so large they each have their own designated zip code

WORA TIL President James K. Polk is nicknamed by some historians “the least known consequential president.” He promised to serve just one term, and he achieved ALL of the agenda he set at the beginning of his term.