Post * xm7o — Curious Curator

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TIL the standard diameter of a CD is 12cm because it must hold all of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

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eMAn TIL One of the last procedures before a space shuttle launch is to remove the inflatable owls from the aircraft.

wLokW TIL when most species of marine mammals are asleep, there is always one hemisphere of their brain that is awake. This allows dolphins, for example, to swim and surface to breathe when they are sleeping. They enjoy the benefits of sleep but still perform many of the same processes done when awake.

WkYVd TIL a Tennessee man once had his bond raised to $14 million after daring a judge to raise his bond

vVjB TIL In order to transport the Statue of Liberty from France to the United States, the statue had to be broken down into 350 individual pieces and placed through 214 crates in just under a year after the completion

rRaOd TIL the popularity of cats as pets was largely influenced by one man in Edwardian England, and he was clinically insane.