Post * oBaNK — Curious Curator

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TIL that the circuit board on an average phone has about 360ft (110m) of wire to connect all of the internal components.

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wyJP TIL a blind taste test found most people are unable to tell the difference between a cheap wine and an expensive one.

VBMRB TIL “Terminal Lucidity” is the brief return of mental clarity or memory right before before death, in people who suffer from severe dementia and other neurological disorders.

1Jx8 TIL there’s an amateur auto racing circuit in the U.S. called the 24 Hours of LeMons. Racers have a $500 budget to buy and prepare a used car for the events, and the grand prize winner receives a cash prize of $501.

QNXDe TIL Richard Phillips survived the longest wrongful prison sentence in American history by writing poetry and painting with watercolours. He also had the opportunity to kill the man who helped put him away, but he chose not to. He’s due to be paid $1.5 million for being wrongfully convicted.

dDLRj TIL that a man damaged a levy during the 93 flood of the Mississippi River, flooding 57 sq km, in order to delay his wife’s return so he could continue to party.