Post * oBjAr — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that any Rubik's cube combination can be solved in 20 moves or less

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epWWD Today I learned that Jim Henson wanted to make a live-action remake of Pinocchio in 1985, but Disney rejected the idea.

8ao5b TIL about Promethium, an element so rare that only 600 grams of it exist on Earth at any one time.

OA5e TIL that when Blink (now Blink-182) first formed, they used to call up local high schools, convincing them that Blink was a “motivational band with a strong antidrug message” in hopes to play at an assembly or lunch

DKWD TIL that in 2010 the DOD purchased and destroyed every first edition copy of Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffers book “Operation Dark Heart” (at a tax payer cost of $47,000), which claimed the Defense Intelligence Agency failed to evaluate intelligence on the 9/11 hijackers, allowing the attacks to occur.

j6RvN TIL that in many states, possession of fentanyl test strips and other test strips is considered a felony.