Post * kOArE — Curious Curator

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TIL the Cherokee Nation is Entitled to a Congressional Delegate in the US House of Representatives

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nWobG TIL the 2002 Pontiac Firebird and the 2002 Chevy Camaro were the last popular production cars that had T-tops.

xV1kk TIL that after the disaster of ‘The Coconut Grove’ fire in 1942, where in a mad panic to escape the fire people were crushed against the inward opening doors and could not pull them open, all public buildings had to have doors which opened outward

NOe6 TIL there is a hotel in Japan that opened in 705 AD and has been operated by 52 generations of the same family to this day

9pBB TIL that when astronauts return from space they are usually ~ 2 inches taller. This is due to the low gravity in space that allows for the vertebrae in the spine to spread apart.

Oo4aR TIL that the abrupt end to “Pull Me Under” by Dream Theater was inspired by the Beatles song “She’s So Heavy”.