Post * n8lW — Curious Curator

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TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s first words on the moon were “Beautiful view. Magnificent desolation.”

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P18kn TIL that once BBC traumatized a group of monkeys by sending in a dead baby monkey. RIP spy monkey

nayG TIL that Alberta, Canada is the only inhabited region on Earth that is free of Norwegian rats.

wol16 TIL the USS Scorpion was lost at sea in May 1968 with 99 men lost. The wreckage was found almost two miles deep, making it impossible to determine the cause of accident. Underwater acoustics out of the Canary Islands heard the exact time of the implosion but were unaware it was the sub sinking.

8eKga TIL Dr. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, but the medical community's disinterest kept it from being produced until 1944.

OG4Xe TIL about The Tarasque, a creature from French mythology. According to the Golden Legend, the beast had a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace(s), six feet with bear-like claws, a serpent's tail, and could expel a poisonous breath.