Post * e00Bg — Curious Curator

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TIL the metropolitan population of Tokyo is 38 million, almost the same as the entire state of California, and 50% more than the whole state of Texas.

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Ypy7G TIL International space station has the internet speed of 600MB per second

QNag6 TIL the Water integrator in the USSR, invented in 1936, used water levels in various chambers to solve inhomogeneous differential equations

4Dlo TIL of Frane Selak, an 85 year old who narrowly survived a train crash which killed 17, being blown out of a plane which killed 19, a bus accident which killed 4, 2 car explosions, being hit by a bus, and narrowly avoided being hit by a truck, TO THEN go on and win the lottery.

OG0LL TIL Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfingers commercial before actually appearing on "The Simpsons"

wLM96 TIL that people who study ancient writing are called Palaeographers