Post * dDjwj — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 1956, a man named Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a plane from New Jersey, flew it into Manhattan, and landed it in front of a bar as part of a drunken bet. Two years later, he did it again for the same bet

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XvrQ TIL that in 1968, a bomber carrying 4 nuclear weapons crashed over an icy bay in Greenland. The recovered debris only accounted for 3 out of the 4 weapons, and searches for the missing bomb under the ice were unsuccessful.

LkGRm Til There’s a Hybrid between a Polar and Grizzly Bear called a “Prizly” or a “Grolar” Bear

rmvW TIL that a HD Cable/DVR box uses more power than a refrigerator.

4Xd1X TIL Analysis of the world's most popular bottled water brands found that 90% of bottled water contains microplastics (tiny pieces of plastic)

NX5ab TIL Much of Thespis (Gilbert and Sullivan's first opera) has been lost. The little music that has survived largely comes from Sullivan recycling his material, Climbing Over Rocky Mountain was later used in The Pirates of Penzance and the ballet was likely reused for the French The Mikado.