Post * xVQO0 — Curious Curator

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TIL about a restaurant which gives complementary reptiles with food.

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R76ml TIL space shuttles' main engines burn cryogenic propellant at ~3500K (hot enough to boil iron). They are fueled by cooling channels built-in to the nozzles themselves, which simultaneously cool the nozzle at a steady state while fueling the engine.

JYrj4 TIL When the term ‘veggie burger’ was used in 1976, it meant a regular ground beef hamburger topped with vegetables.

N7W68 TIL that even though Canada did not participate in the Vietnam war, some Canadians volunteered to fight alongside the US. 134 of them lost their lives in the war.

GYBM1 TIL Charles Quinton Brown Jr. is a United States Air Force four-star general and currently serves as the 22nd chief of staff of the Air Force. He is the first African-American to be appointed as Chief of Staff and the first African-American to lead any branch of the United States Armed Forces

OJ64 TIL In thousands of marriages in India ,if the wife doesn’t pay enough dowry to the husband she is set on fire by a common ritual called Bride-Burning