Post * p8ryG — Curious Curator

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TIL that cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash. Cigarette butts have long been the most collected item on the world’s beaches, with a total of more than 60 million collected over 32 years.

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W68o TIL When the French Navy ceased using Morse code on January 31, 1997, the final message transmitted was “Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.”

b9BQj TIL that Viggo Mortensen published a book of poetry called Ten Last Night before he became famous. He also speaks fluent Spanish, Danish, and French - and is also proficient in Catalan, Swedish, Italian, and Norwegian.

0d7oy TIL that in 1922, there was a Straw Hat Riot in New York that lasted 8 days. Teens were taking straw hats off of random men and stomping them because of an unwritten rule that straw hats should not be worn after Sept 15th.

xV6N7 TIL of 666 5th Avenue, that Kushner Properties tried to sell in part at an overinflated price to a Chinese Insurance Group that would wipe out 80% of the Kushner's $1.2B debt that is due in early 2019.

Z8l0D TIL that in 1987 during the development of "Smooth Criminal" Dr. Eric Chevlen recorded Michael Jackson's heartbeat and digitally processed it through a Synclavier, which would become the heartbeat you hear at the beginning of the song.