Post * x6jVD — Curious Curator

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TIL there’s a mineral named after Cummington, MA, USA, called “cummingtonite” which was discovered near Cummington in 1824

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6Ed0Q TIL anybody travelling on the International Space Station needs to have both metric and imperial tools with them. This is because the American portion has been built in 'imperial' and the rest in metric.

jlYQ TIL during Hitler’s invasion of France in 1940 Hans Reyersbach built two bikes from scraps for him and his wife to escape on. During their escape to New York, they had the manuscript and art for Curious George with them.

JY8v TIL most of these “ugly fish” posts on reddit are actually just pictures of sculptures.

D1mnP TIL world's largest pillow fight involved 7,681 participants in Minnesota.

VJ0Q TIL There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.