Post * mkGY — Curious Curator

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TIL Steve Jobs ate at his biological father’s restaurant, who years later boasted to Mona Simpson (Steve’s sister) about it, having no idea that Steve was his son.

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VB1bm TIL it’s not only heavy atoms that decay – even a single proton can decay with a half-life of 1.67x10^34 years (a septillion times longer than the current age of the universe)

4XGnR TIL the lifespan of the first generation of postal pilots was around 900 flight hours. The job was so dangerous that 35 of the first 40 pilots hired died in crashes, leading to the nickname 'The Suicide Club'.

4kKAX TIL a man walked 1,300-miles for publicity to win an election and he succeeded

kBbE TIL That because of Hiroshima/Nagasaki/Cold War Testing, steel used for radioactive-sensitive purposes must be harvested from pre-WWII naval vessels: modern steel production is all tainted with radioactivity

LQxZ9 TIL the ILOVEYOU worm, also known as VBS/Loveletter and Love Bug worm, is a computer worm written in VBScript. It infected millions of computers worldwide within a few hours of its release. It is considered to be one of the most damaging worms ever.