Post * vPw6D — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Hellenic Navy operates an ancient Greek trireme as an officially commissioned military ship

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4kaG6 TIL in 1923, jockey Frank Hayes suffered a heart attack while in a horse race, but became the only known example of a dead man winning a horse race.

xGr1 TIL that Leland Stanford had the privilege of driving the Golden Spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad. Stanford had never used a sledgehammer, and he missed the spike.

VBA9Q TIL that the Devil May Cry series began its life as the first developmental build of Resident Evil 4

Wk1X TIL before the Hubble Space Telescope was launched scientists were convinced the Universe was no longer expanding. Not only is the Universe still expanding but at a rate of 74 kilometers (48 miles) per second.

p8n0e TIL about alkaline hydrolysis, an alternative cremation method where the body is placed in a pressure vessel where a heated mixture of water and lye breaks down the body into its chemical components (i.e. amino acids, peptides, sugars, salts, and calcium phosphate)