Post * vPOQj — Curious Curator

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TIL Amedeo Avogadro's contribution to chemistry, known as Avogadro's law, did not initially receive much attention when he published his paper in 1811. It was only a century later that his work was recognized, when the King of Italy attended a meeting commemorating the paper's 100th anniversary.

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grnAX TIL Some species of Starfish can have over fifty arms.

OoLG6 TIL Sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus), called Jersualem artichoke or Sunchoke, is native to North America. Native Americans were first cultivate sunflower roots for food. Resists cold, drought, wind. The roots contain inulin, which is firmly established to decrease blood cholesterol. Improves beer.

ORKY TIL Iditarod huskies have a ‘Maximal Oxygen Uptake’ (V02 Max) as high as 240 mL/(kg·min) - greater than Thoroughbred horses (180 mL/(kg·min), and nearly three times greater than the highest human V02 max ever recorded (97.5 mL/(kg·min).

1abwP TIL of the 1940 Armistice Day Blizzard. Unseasonably warm temperatures of 65°F in mid-November were followed by one of the worst blizzards in Midwest history which created drifts more than 20 feet high. The blizzard ultimately killed more than 150 people and allegedly 1.5 million turkeys.

vPEZj TIL that the now defunct, Aztec-themed Fry's Electronics in Phoenix, AZ (seen in Mr. Robot S2E12) was just one store among 27 other uniquely themed stores across the USA.