Post * neGxd — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Forensic seismology machine that they use to detect nuclear bombs going off in Florida is Falsely alerts that a nuclear bomb went off somewhere in the world every Sunday because the Garbage man comes by the facility and slams the lid of the dumpster too hard, setting off the Detector.

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KOQgJ TIL that Retta, the actress who played Donna Meagle on Parks and Recreation, graduated from Duke University, worked as a chemist before doing stand-up and moving to LA, and is also the niece of former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

e9nJ TIL In 2008, Minnesota became the first state in the United States to ban intentionally added mercury in cosmetics, giving it a tougher standard than the federal government

1je8 TIL that 37% of public school teachers use personal money to buy food more than once a month for their hungry students. They spend an average of $35/month. With 3.1M teachers in the US, teachers are spending about $400M/year of their personal money to feed hungry students.

6EngJ TIL Mark Lenard, best known for his role as Sarek, the father of Spock, first appeared in the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series, playing the first Romulan ever seen in the series, in the episode "Balance of Terror" (1966).

W7O8X TIL that Jimmy Carter promised to release all government UFO information if he became president. However, after being elected, he chose not to, citing "national security concerns."