Post * dD778 — Curious Curator

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TIL the sound a whip makes when you crack it is caused by a sonic boom created when the tip of a whip moves faster than the speed of sound. The whip was also the first man made object to break the sound barrier.

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nke9 TIL There is an “Inception” phenomenon where the individual believes they have awakened and are going about their day as usual (i.e. got dressed, ate breakfast) only to wake up and realize none of it happened in reality. There can be multiple false awakenings in a dream session.

yQpPM TIL Yoda, of the Star Wars universe, uses sentences that follow the object-subject-verb pattern. This pattern is only found in 0.3% of the world’s languages. This is called anastrophe, in which the normal word order of the subject, the verb, and the object is changed.

J91l TIL that people in a like-minded group tend to have more extreme and controversial views than they would if they were thinking on their own, a phenomenon called Group Polarization.

e07pn TIL Half of the world's prison population of about nine million is held in the US, China or Russia.

QrLp TIL Richard Branson’s mom once got caught in a fire at her son’s Caribbean island home. Kate Winslet who was also at the house at the time picked her up and helped her down four steps. At the time of the incident they were watching Titanic on DVD.