Post * woOP8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 1986, electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre in his next album was going to include a saxaphone piece played by astronaut Ron Mcnair, which would have made it the first piece of music to be recorded in space, but McNair, along with the rest of his crew died during the Challenger Disaster

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4Xl7R Til that of all the Great Lakes, Lake Erie contains 2% of the water, but 50% of the fish.

N7RQ8 TIL about the jabuticaba tree, the Brazilian grape tree, it is unusual as the berries grow directly on the trunk. They are so popular in some Brazilian states the sidewalk is actually stained purple from their discarded skins of the fruit.

p8Ne TIL Louis C.K. portrayed Brendon Small’s father, Andrew Small, in Home Movies.

evx5 TIL that the English language evolves so rapidly in the United States that is possible to roughly estimate one’s age simply based on whether they say “on accident” or “by accident”

9wy47 TIL Geysers are quite rare, requiring a combination of water, heat, and fortuitous plumbing. Yellowstone National Park is home to half of all the geysers found in the world.