Post * oBZn7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that NASA considered using motorcycles on the moon as a simpler alternative to the Lunar Rover.

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Z8y0v TIL an endangered parrot in New Zealand was only mating with people's heads, so they made an "ejaculation helmet" for people to wear which would collect the bird's rare semen

4XRDR TIL Pets can be allergic to human especially cats, just like we can be allergic to them.

1aorD TIL that the battle of Dien Bien Phu fought by the French against the Vietnamese was ‘the only pitched battle to be lost by a European army in the history of decolonisation’ and it cost the French their Empire.

rNX80 TIL that the Ohio River's volume is greater than the Mississippi's volume at their confluence; hydrologically, the resulting river is usually named for the higher-flow contributor.

5aAR TIL prior to Ronald Reagan’s surgery after his assassination attempt, he removed his oxygen mask to joke, “I hope you are all Republicans.” Joseph Giordano, a liberal Democrat, replied, “Today, Mr. President, we are all Republicans.”