Post * eKog — Curious Curator

› added 11 years ago

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TIL that the world’s oldest still-running car is 129 years old, runs on steam, won the world’s first car race, and was auctioned for over 4 million dollars.

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8app4 TIL that in this picture taken 3 years ago, the combined net worth of these internet/tech executives were worth $200B. Today, just the two people at the front ends (Mark Zuckerberg & Jeff Bezos) are combined worth over $220B.

XEYpE TIL: Deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) Has been SMACKING HIS ASS to create natural claps in his EDM songs for over 10 years. He still does it today!!!

v1kd4 TIL Sir Francis Drake was considered a hero in England with Queen Elizabeth I awarding him knighthood in 1581. However, the Spanish considered him a pirate. King Philip II once offered a reward of 20,000 ducats ($8 million USD) for his capture or death.

JY9Ak TIL that the chainmail used in the LOTR trilogy has been adapted into environmentally friendly architectural mesh used in buildings around the world.

BgxkD TIL in 2007, North Korea accused Finland of human rights violations after tear gas was used on North Korean diplomats who refused to cooperate with Finnish customs officials on a train from Moscow to Helsinki.