Post * n5RG — Curious Curator

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TIL there’s a giant underground cavern in Japan filled with distilled water and light sensors, used to detect subatomic particles called neutrinos.

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KYJm9 TIL about Guy Gabaldon, the Pied Piper of Saipan. Of Mexican descent, having learned street Japanese as a child growing up in Los Angeles. During WW2 convinced over 1,000 Japanese to surrender during the battle of Saipan. Was awarded the Silver Star, later upgraded to the Navy Cross.

R7B47 TIL the flag of Liberia is the only current flag in the world that was modeled after and resembles the American flag

Y7WMr TIL about Encore! Encore!, a 1998 American sitcom starring Nathan Lane as an opera singer. The series was a flop, only lasting four months. One review said, "the recollection of its awfulness will give you untold delight for years to come."

6xJW TIL Muhammad Ali believed that whites and blacks should be separated, supported George Wallace and once spoke at a KKK rally.

4xX6 TIL: Richard Nixon plotted an assassination to Jack Anderson by poisoning him or putting LSD on his Steering Wheel after Jack exposed corruption throughout his political career. The only reason the plot wasn’t carried out was because of the Watergate scandal.