Post * loVrV — Curious Curator

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TIL that there are varieties that are complete but not projective.

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neNNb TIL that two snowflakes CAN be atomically identical, but the number of possible snowflake structures exceeds the number of atoms in the universe, so we say the odds are 0.

jEoa TIL that Americans who listened to the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on the radio felt that Nixon had won while those who watched it on television were sure that Kennedy had won. This was because, where Nixon had eloquence and debate skills, Kennedy had charm and showmanship.

GYxe5 TIL That some US States have Tax-Free Holidays

4kEkR TIL that - largely from 1400s onwards - parts of India have had centuries of African rulers. Mainly from East Africa, they rose from merchants, pirates, bodyguards and even slaves to Kings, Admirals, Generals and ruled some princely states well into the 1940s...

moWM TIL that congressional approval for the first Gulf War was effected by the testimony of a Kuwaiti nurse who claimed to have witnessed Iraqi soldiers pulling babies out of incubators and throwing them on the floor to die. This never happened. The nurse was not a nurse. She was coached by a PR firm.