Post * 0dpgA — Curious Curator

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TIL the Army of the United States is not the same as the US Army. The Army of the US is one of four components, also including the Regular Army, the Army Reserve and the National Guard. If you're drafted you go into the Army of the US, but it's been dormant since 1973.

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KOvVw TIL there's an extinct breed of dog that was bred to run on a wheel in order to turn meat on a cooking spit in kitchens.

wLQRM TIL In the 1880’s, the Old Faithful geyser would be used to launder clothes. Dirty clothes would be placed in the crater and after an eruption, they were “ ejected thoroughly washed”

neLlW TIL trader Andrew Myrick was found dead with grass stuffed in his mouth and buttocks after refusing to sell food to Dakota people.

OoJM4 TIL about gleaning, collecting leftover crops from farmers fields after they have been commercially harvested or not profitable to harvest. It is described in the Hebrew Bible that became a legally enforced entitlement of the poor in a number of Christian kingdoms

PY01J TIL that, although the character of Batman is famous today for refusing to kill anyone, his first issue featured him punching the villain into a vat of acid and declaring it "a fitting end for his kind".