2 Comments TIL that in April 1st, 1971 Tom Moore pranked collegues at the House of Reps. to pass a bill honoring the Boston Strangler for his work in “population control”, and prove that they didn’t read or understand the proposed bills. The bill passed unanimously. by whatilearned September 2, 2021, 11:15 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL the controversial Strangler Cairn, a 4m high self-supporting rock structure that cost $700,000aus, has a strangler fig atop it, which the artist intended to wrap around the cairn as it grew. But that species of fig gets its nutrients from a host tree, so in this case it can’t actually grow by whatilearned April 29, 2021, 4:28 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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