Post * 0k41 — Curious Curator

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TIL that in rural Georgia, there are still “Whites Only” school functions, where non-whites are turned away by the police. In 2013, Wilcox County High School will be having its first integrated prom.

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a8j9L TIL that Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime

6EVVm TIL: 72 year old US Senator John Stennis of Mississippi was mugged and shot twice in front of his home in 1973. Despite being severely wounded he managed to walk into his home and call an ambulance. He would live another 22 years

Y4PG TIL that Canadians are twice as likely to illegally overstay a U.S. Visa than Mexicans

wLQBP TIL that an earwax plug was removed from a beached whale, and found to be full of pollutants. The scientists concluded that not only was the whale breathing pollutants straight from the water, but that some had been passed to it by its mother during gestation and nursing.

PYExn TIL that Annie Oakley was such a great shooter that she could repeatedly split a playing card, edge-on, and put several more holes in it before it could touch the ground, while using a .22 caliber rifle, at 90 feet.