Post * p86XA — Curious Curator

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TIL that Killdozer (Marvin Heemeyer) made an album called 'Last Action Hero'

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ZOED TIL that in South Africa,2009, an employee of an IT company complained that data would get transferred faster by carrier pigeon than on ASDL. Winston the pigeon armed with 4gb memory stick took two hours to carry the data 60 miles - in the same time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data.

oRBr TIL that the pied piper was a legend used to explain the actual disappearance of hundreds of children.

4XgAo TIL John Quincy Adams would go skinny dipping in the Potomac River every morning. Anne Royall, the first female journalist to ever score an interview with a president, discovered Adams skinny dipping one morning and hid his clothing until he agreed to talk to her.

NXEyb TIL The Wiggles iconic Wiggle Fingers was created as a safe way for people to know where their hands are when interacting with children

rRjNM TIL about a lightweight and low-cost “brick” that is made of recycled plastic and sand that is stronger than concrete material. It was created by an engineer in Kenya named Nzambi Matee