Post * kJZA1 — Curious Curator

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TIL that the yakuza have been involved in disaster relief efforts in Japan, often providing initial aid faster than the government - notably after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a magnitude 9.0 quake that killed over 19,000 people

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GAkk1 TIL: The "Duck Walk Killer". In 2018, two people were killed in the same neighborhood in Chicago on different dates. It was concluded the same gun was used and footage noticed that the killer had a distinctive toes pointed out walk which led the media to name them the Duck Walk Killer.

9OoQ TIL after cutting phone lines, snipers attacked a California power station, taking out 17 transformers. They disappeared one minute before the police arrived, never to be caught or identified.

v1Aa4 TIL there was a product sold in the 80's and 90's called the "Electric Worm Getter". It was sold to fishermen for the collection of earthworms for bait. It sent an electric shock through the top layer of soil forcing the worms to surface. It had to be recalled in 1993 after 30 people died using it.

4kR7R TIL although noble gas are generally inert, compounds of these gas have been observed in some cases such as XeF4, KrF2 and RnO3

Ege5X TIL when Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith was murdered in 1844, he had around 44 wives. About 25 followed Brigham Young—some he married, while others were given to different men. 11 stayed with their other husbands, (yes it was polyandry) and 8 didn’t follow Brigham’s church and moved away.