Post * xB91 — Curious Curator

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TIL that due to DNA research on Richard III’s remains, the current English royal family may not have a legitimate claim to the throne.

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1lLd TIL Whalebone corsets were not made of bone, but of baleen, a whale’s filter plate.

9wlNX TIL Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere, like rivers in the sky, that transport massive amounts of water vapor from of the tropics roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. They can unleash heavy rain and cause severe flooding.

gMvPD TIL the bluest blue (to date) was accidentally discovered when a researcher received a grant to explore novel materials for electronics applications and tried to heat together oxides of manganese, yttrium, and indium at two thousand degrees Fahrenheit

xVQak TIL that Rep. John Lewis gave one hell of a speech at the 1963 march on Washington

Kjww TIL ‘Smokers Express’ was an idea for a smokers airline. They would’ve encouraged smoking with free cigarettes, full-size ashtrays, free headsets, serving hamburgers, pizzas and steaks. It never took off.