Post * jEbQ — Curious Curator

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TIL that a roman poet wrote such an NSFW poem, that it was not publicly translated until the late twentieth century.

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QNN9 TIL that if sprinters move within 0.1 seconds of the firing of the gun, it’s still considered a false start, because it’s impossible for humans to react that quickly.

Br9lr TIL Two teams competed to design the iPhone. Dial based hardware vs. touch screen. It wasn't until the iPhone reveal event, that on stage, Jobs ruthlessly made it clear which team won. He showed the world the power of touch, by deleting the contact of loosing designer Tony Faddell with a single tap

DQakP TIL that before the Indo-Greek interactions, the Buddha was only depicted with icons, and his human image was a result of the combination of the god Apollo and traditional descriptions of him.

R71a TIL the first Olympic Flag was missing for 77 years after the 1920 games until one of the athletes found it in his suitcase

xVyvk TIL Two touching stars were expected to fully merge in 2022. The resulting explosion ("a Red Nova)" would have been visible to the naked eye. Unfortunately, a small typo in old data threw the prediction off. Fortunately, the science behind the forecast is still sound, so we may soon predict another.