Post * jNY8a — Curious Curator

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TIL the majority of Lamborghini models are named after Spanish words and 3 Lamborghini models have been named in honour of matador-killing fighting bulls

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0ELR TIL that “shrapnel” is named after Henry Shrapnel, inventor of a type of anti-personnel cannonball

VMV5D TIL that John Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, invented Lincoln Logs

oR1kr TIL: Up until 1993, women were excluded from clinical research and trials.

yJyv TIL that in the 1920’s, the Ford Motor Company produced so much factory wood waste that they manufactured it into charcoal and sold it under the name Ford Charcoal. The company was later renamed to Kingsford Charcoal.

xYLB TIL that a Spanish woman claimed ownership of the Sun in 2010, using a loophole in the Space Treaty of 1967. Spanish courts validated her claim and she proceeded to charge companies that use solar energy. In 2015 she sued ebay after her account was blocked for selling plots of land on the Sun.