Post * awgnA — Curious Curator

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TIL Stephen Colbert donates his proceeds from the sale of AmeriCone Dream to charity

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4RRb TIL during the Cuban missile crisis a Soviet Submarine came under attack from depth charges, the captain assumed WW3 had started and prepared to launch a nuclear weapon, his executive officer overruled him. It turned out the depth charges were training rounds being used to signal them to surface.

wAl6 TIL- After the Port Chicago explosion, the Navy asked Congress for $5000 to be given to each of the victims’ families. When one congressman learned most of the victims were black sailors, he successfully had the value reduced. To $3000.

x4gk TIL that Antarctica has the highest literacy rate of any continent.

W7o1Y TIL: After all that has been revealed at this point, the Inge Lotz murder has still not been re-opened

46kJ TIL if you eject from an airplane the ejection seat manufacturer will give you a free neck tie