Post * dDnkd — Curious Curator

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TIL of Air Force Maj. Harold Hering was discharged for asking in a missile training class, "How can I know that an order to launch came from a sane president?" A year later, James Schlesinger, Secty of Defense, ordered his command to check with him if Pres. Nixon issued any "unusual orders."

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pYmb TIL Coolio wrote a book called “Cookin’ With Coolio” including the chapters “SaladEatin Bitches,” “Appetizers for That Ass,” and “It’s Hard Out Here for a Shrimp.”

OGgxa TIL that the origin of why married couples become 'one' & women take their husband's surname dates back to the 1600s, where coverture prohibited women from having any legal identity or rights b/c they were considered 'one' with the husband and therefore subsumed his identity.

Z8gDo TIL Ancient European hunter-gatherers were using garlic mustard seeds to give their foods a peppery kick as far back as 6,000 years ago, making it the oldest evidence of spice used for cooking.

jNvMM TIL : about Maria Yzabell Angel Palma of The Philippines. In 2016 at 19 yo (grade 10), she developed AirDisc, a COOLing system with no freon gas and consumes ~75% less against the current cooling technology. And she discover this while making an eco friendly OVEN.

KDKw TIL that instead of chucking live lobsters into boiling water or splitting their heads open, you can anesthetize them with clove oil before cooking. And as a bonus, it makes them taste better (probably due to reduced stress hormones and reduced hemolymph loss).