Post * mZlE — Curious Curator

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TIL that instant coffee is made by brewing fresh coffee, then evaporating the water (Or by freeze-drying it).

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9YZGp TIL after rigorously training dogs for space travel, Soviet scientist had a dog named Bobik run away days before their flight. A replacement named ZIB who was an untrained street dog found running around the barracks, was quickly located and made a successful flight.

4ArX TIL: Afghan opium production has risen 1500% since the U.S. invasion in 2001.

WgOo TIL that astronaut helmets have a patch of Velcro inside of them so astronauts have a way to scratch their noses.

9Ym46 TIL John Von Neumann was considered the smartest man alive by his fellow physicists. Enrico Fermi once told his Ph.D student: "You know how much faster I am in thinking than you are? That's how much faster von Neumann is compared to me."

E1yVd TIL That at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, many of the soldiers were found to have wounds glowing blue and were healing faster than others. They called it Angel Glow. 140 years later 2 teens discovered the cause, a bioluminescent bacterium called Photorhabadus luminesens which inhibits pathogens