Post * kr77 — Curious Curator

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TIL: The densest wood in the world Lignum Vitae is also self lubricating, it’s been used for hundreds of years on ships, and was used for the main shaft bearings on the first Nuclear Submarine in 1955.

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woANY TIL the "Ring" spawned a multimedia franchise in Japan (unrelated to the American remake) which crossed over with the Grudge franchise (also unrelated to the American remake)

R7YLa TIL the Wilsons from the Dennis the Menace comic strip actually have 3 children. Earl, George Jr., and Tammy.

gMwBX TIL The discovery of tomato plant on Surtsey in 1969 troubled scientists, since the volcanic island had only formed a few years earlier and thus had no life except the scientists who studied it. The mystery was solved when a scientist discovered traces of human feces near the plant: his own poo

XE94X TIL When Chinua Achebe became the editor of the Heinemann African Writers Series, one of the first books he chose was a collection of stories by Cyprian Ekwensi. Ekwensi became one of the most prolific African writers of the twentieth century

VWKZ TIL in 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded $100,000 from the United States.