Post * oDkW — Curious Curator

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TIL elephants console one another when they are upset with trunk strokes and touches

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xVlW7 TIL that during WWII, the large crosswelded metal beams that covered the beaches of Normandy on D-day are called Hemmbalken, and were supposed to wreck landing craft that were expected to attack during high tide. The Allies instead charged while exposed during low tide.

KOO6w TIL a hypothetical structure called a Matrioshka Brain could have enough computational power to simulate an entire alternate universe.

JY6n4 TIL that steel forged prior to the 1945 atom bomb explosions is highly sought-after because all steel forged after is ‘contaminated’ with Cobalt-60

ZOQp TIL that exactly six months after 9/11, the hijackers’ Florida flight school received notification from the Immigration & Naturalization Service that two of them had been approved for student visas.

nWW1B TIL Joaquin Phoenix grew up his early months in the "Children of God", a cult back in the 70's. This cult has been accused of violating human rights on every level by survivors and human rights advocates.