Post * neB4G — Curious Curator

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TIL that IBM made bombsights, rifles and engine parts during WWII

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rRGW TIL that almost all carrots used to be purple and it wasn’t until the 17th century that most of them became orange.

Oovg1 TIL: Buckey O'Neill of the "Rough Riders" insisted officers shouldn't duck when shot at. To a concerned fellow soldier he blew cigarette smoke and said, "Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me." The same day, a Spanish bullet fatally struck him through the mouth and out the skull.

m1xZM TIL an author created a 1000 page book that is made up of a single run on sentence.

e0yQJ TIL of the Sentinelese Tribe that has never had contact with the outside world. They kill anyone that approaches their island and would likely be wiped out common viruses. It is believed they have lived in isolation for 60,000 years.

KY6yE TIL that Micky Dolenz of The Monkees was the owner of the third Moog synthesizer ever commercially available, and used it to perform "Daily Nightly" in the first use of a synthesizer in a rock recording.