Post * dKEd — Curious Curator

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TIL Time passes in the Judge Dredd comic in real time, so as a year passes in real life a year goes by in the comic. The first Dredd story, published in 1977, was set in 2099, and stories published in 2013 are set in 2135.

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lMD5 TIL that in 1997, four years before being arrested for spying for the KGB, Robert Hanssen was caught using a password cracker on a federal computer. When asked about this, he said that he was simply trying to install a color printer, and so he needed the administrator password. They believed him.

Zplxv TIL there are 8 Mediterranean seas. In oceanography, a Mediterranean sea is defined as a mostly enclosed body of water with limited exchange with outer oceans, where water circulation is primarily driven by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds or tides.

xV0pk TIL; On death row in Malawi, Byson Kaula would not die. Three times by hanging (the hangman was too lazy); And once by suicide after the fact.

Y7GKG TIL that Leon Trotsky, a central figure of the Soviet Union, frequented a Jewish dairy restaurant in the Bronx but refused to tip as a matter of principle. This led to one incident where the waiters intentionally spilled hot soup on him.

Vo60 TIL that today is the 100 year anniversary the first woman to parachute from an airplane. She was also the first person to free-fall (jump without a static line), and is credited for the term ‘rip cord’ when she got tangled during a static line jump and had to cut herself free during a jump.