Post * d8D7r — Curious Curator

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TIL Telsa Motors gets its "mode" names from the show Spaceballs, e.g. Ludacris and the new Plaid Mode.

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BrjeD TIL the bands Three Dog Night name came from Aboriginal Australians. On cold nights they would sleep in a hole in the ground with a dingo, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and, if the night were freezing, it was a "three dog night".

JYOm1 TIL: Mel Carnahan won the 2000 U.S. Senate election in Missouri against the incumbent, John Ashcroft, despite passing away in a plane crash three weeks before election day.

BgNOx TIL of the walking catfish, which is able to breathe air and use its pectoral fins to "walk" and move to different aquatic environments. Native to Southeast Asia, it became an invasive species in Florida during the 1960s and has been sighted in California, Connecticut, Georgia, and England.

WkJKo TIL of Binky the polar bear who lived in Alaska Zoo where he mauled two visitors who jumped over the safety rails on separate occasions. After the maulings Binky merchandise was sold with the slogan “Send another tourist, this one got away” & his cage was upgraded to keep visitors out.

GjMQ TIL That the sale of alcohol over 190 proof (Everclear) is banned in Maryland, so the manufacturer Luxco makes a 189 proof version and sells it exclusively to Maryland.