Post * vY8R — Curious Curator

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TIL Next Bugatti SuperVeyron will reach 60 mph in 1.8 seconds at a maximum speed of 288mph or 463km / h

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4kNkN TIL of camoflauge trees: WWI-era hollow, fake trees placed in no man's land to spy on enemy trenches

wLjo1 TIL The Dow Chemical Company started in the bromine industry, selling at 36 cents per pound vs the German Bromkonvention's 49 cents per pound. In response, Bromkonvention flooded the US market with Bromine at 15 cents per pound, all of which Dow purchased and then sold at 27 cents back in Europe.

6j0Y TIL in 2011 a bishop watched a television interview with Boy George, and discovered that an 18th century stolen Cypriot icon was hanging in the singer’s living room. Boy George immediately agreed to return the artefact and received a gift in return.

AOen TIL that DARPA developed an aircraft that reached speeds between Mach 17 and Mach 22

X4VP TIL for every nine people executed in the U.S., one person on death row has been exonerated.