Post * yQaV — Curious Curator

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TIL the former head of the TSA thinks airport security is a waste of time and effort.

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kEb7 TIL Folk-hero John Henry (who according to legend, beat a steam drill in a tunnel-digging contest, and who died soon after from exhaustion), may have actually been a real person.

mp9y TIL that AOL had volunteer mods that filed a class action lawsuit against AOL, claiming that AOL volunteers performed work equivalent to employees and thus should be compensated according to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

e0YdL TIL Nelson Mandela would play songs over the speakers while incarcerated to sustain hope among prisoners. Among them was ‘Jolene’ by Dolly Parton - it was the hope behind the plea to Jolene that someone might hear their desperate pleas for freedom.

bVV9 TIL Your heart rate slows when your face touches water; it’s called the mammalian dive reflex.

4X6aw That’s because it’s real. What you’re looking at is the General Electric Propulsion Test Platform, a specially modified Boeing 747-400 used to try out new jet engines. In this case, it’s testing out the huge new GE9X meant to power the next generation of Boeing 777.