Post * mVEO — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Washington Monument is the tallest stone structure in the world

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Mewj0 TIL cuboid bone fractures are rare and are sometimes called "nutcracker fractures"

a80ko TIL that an umbrella was used by Bulgarian spies during the Cold War to assassinate a dissident by firing a pellet filled with ricin

oR1lY Today I learned how the individual days of the week got their name. The individual days of the week got their names from the ancient Romans, who named them after the seven visible celestial bodies known at the time: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn ¹.

b9R7a TIL about Andrew Jackson's assassination attempt. After Lawrence's pistols misfired, Jackson credited divine providence with intervening on his behalf. A century later, both pistols were tested and fired at the first shot. The odds that both would misfire was estimated to be about 1 in 125,000.

l7Pj7 TIL Franklin the Turtle was inspired based on a line from an episode of MAS*H