Post * 0vGA — Curious Curator

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TIL a German author wrote a novel in which Hitler wakes up in modern Berlin with no memories since 1945 and becomes a comedian

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Wk5Pd TIL that Lake Chad, in Africa, was at one point larger than the Caspian Sea

OOwX TIL in Quechua the word “behind"is the same word as"future”. The word"In front"is the same word as"Past". Due to this, their temporal interpretation of life is that humans are walking through life backwards. They can see their past, but the future is unknown & yet to be seen, thus it is behind them.

VMoVB TIL French author Gerard de Nerval would walk a lobster through Paris to highlight the absurdity of pet ownership.

dDvb9 TIL Joseph Bazalgette, the man who designed London's sewers in the 1860's, said 'Well, we're only going to do this once and there's always the unforeseen' and doubled the pipe diameter. If he had not done this, it would have overflowed in the 1960's (its still in use today).

wo54Y TIL that before 1985, Zombies weren't known for eating brains. Their penchant for head biting was first coined in the cult horror classic Return of the Living Dead.