Post * kJ7wd — Curious Curator

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TIL that Matt Groening's parents' names in real life were Marge and Homer

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DkVj TIL all north and east bound flight fly at odd altitudes and south and west bound flight fly at even altitudes

m8Px TIL Hô Chí Minh and Malcom X both worked at the same hotel in Boston.

BgdgL TIL that, while Marge vs the Monorail is considered one of The Simpsons' best episodes, many of the writing staff consider it one of the worst and the beginning of the show's reliance on absurd cartoonish plots

wLLW1 Because most early rotary engines turned counterclockwise (from the front, clockwise from the pilot's view). The physics of rotating objects resulted in left turns being easier than right turns. That led to standard manoeuvres using left turns. And that resulted in the prime/most experienced pilot sitting with a view out of the left window, once airplanes grew large enough to have side-by-side pilots.

LknbQ TIL of "Corporal Jackie," a baboon who was commissioned as a corporal in the South African Army when his owner refused to go to war without him. He lit cigarettes for his comrades, was wounded twice and won medals, and comforted wounded men until help could arrive.