Post * 0b7y — Curious Curator

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TIL Pierlucio Tinazzi, an Italian security guard, is credited with saving 10 people from the Mount Blanc Inferno. He donned breathing equipment and drove into the tunnel on his motorcycle. It was later found melted into the pavement after he dragged an unconscious truck driver behind a fire door.

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OGnJL TIL four stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have been stolen. James Stewart and Kirk Douglas had their stars stolen but were recovered, and Gregory Peck and one of Gene Autry’s five stars were stolen but were never recovered. Each star weighs about 300 lbs.

NXQe6 TIL Until 2010, blood donors in Ireland were given a free pint of Guinness to restore their iron deficiency, as the beer contains high levels of iron; vitamin B; and calcium.

AD9Kg TIL an undercover officer was led on a chase of a suspicious person. A CCTV officer used cameras to tell him where the suspect was at throughout the chase. After 20 minutes they discovered that the "suspect" was actually the undercover officer chasing himself at the direction of the CCTV officer.

kOo15 TIL In 2013 an 82 year old nun broke into a government complex that housed nuclear missiles and spray painted anti-war slogans; she was sentenced to 3 years in prison.

gOBL TIL The setting for the Fallout series is based on a novel called “A Boy and His Dog”.