Post * mKop — Curious Curator

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TIL that monarch butterflies seem to remember an ancient mountain that used to stand where Lake Superior is now, and they still veer around that long-gone obstacle during their migration flight across the lake.

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oRvWR TIL There’s A World Championship For Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. In 2019, the competition attracted over 850,000 candidates from 119 countries

OvV7 TIL that in July 1945, Kodak accidentally discovered the U.S. was testing atomic bombs after customers complained of “foggy” film.

a8gYN TIL that only three one-letter .com domains in existence: q.com, x.com and z.com. They were registered before 1992 and grandfathered in, but ICANN banned any corporation from being able to own any of the other 23 letters one letter domains.

mxJEy TIL the University of Cambridge (1209) is actually older than the Aztec Empire (1428)

1a5DX TIL that bumblebees hold the insect record for high altitude flying. They have been discovered on Mt. Everest at more than 5,600-meters above sea level, and flew successfully in a flight chamber which recreated the thin air of 9,000-meters.