Post * v1PQ8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Soviets secretly bought clear Coca-Cola from the US and disguised it as vodka

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neyDP TIL Petunias are a symbol of satanism (in 15th century England), anger and resentment

PPQJ TIL there is a German engineering company named Festo that designs swimming underwater robots that replicate the movements of animals using a “fluidic muscle.” They have working models of a penguin, a ray, a gull, and a flying manta ray blimp.

lyNB TIL the USA developed at least 2 working nuclear thermal rocket engines that were twice as efficient as chemical rockets, tested them both in the open air at Jackass Flats near Area 51, and deemed them ready to power a manned spaceflight mission to Mars.

Oo4rX TIL that during World War I, Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming's Secret Intelligence Service agents adopted the motto 'Every man his own stylo', after discovering that they could use semen as invisible ink.

7rbkM TIL that the 'ZIP' in ZIP Code is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan