Post * d8dxK — Curious Curator

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TIL the Eagle lunar ascent stage from Apollo 11 may still be orbiting the Moon.

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5YByk TIL that early Americans, specifically the author of the American Dictionary, removed letters they deemed unnecessary (color/colour, neighbor/neighbour) to save money in print publications

nWlYb TIL about Tobia Nicotra, a prolific Italian forger whose forgeries have been found in the Library of Congress and the Metropolitan Opera. He visited the U.S. in 1932 and led an orchestra impersonating Riccardo Drigo, a composer who had died two years earlier.

1aGNd TIL that the term "canola oil" is short for "Canada Oil low acid," a name coined to avoid the less marketable word for the product, "rapeseed oil"

jNBXn TIL that a Scottish woman can't feel pain or anxiety and is very happy and optimistic all the time all because of a rare genetic mutation which increases the brain chemical "Anandamide". She was given 1 g of paracetamol or acetaminophen after a trapeziectomy where people usually need morphine.

xVD47 TIL when legendary drag performer Dorian Corey died, in her belongings they found a preserved body with a gunshot to the head, that she had kept for around 15 years.