Post * 0wAZN — Curious Curator

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TIL that prior to 1922, an American woman lost her citizenship if she married a foreigner.

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k7x5 TIL a dentist in the US Army during World War II was shot 24 times while defending an aid station from the Japanese. Although he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated, his Medal of Honor was delayed because medical officers were not supposed to bear arms against the enemy.

9wKrB TIL about the "Rabbit Test," a human pregnancy test created in 1931. It involved injecting urine from a woman into a female rabbit. If the rabbit's ovaries showed enlargement upon dissection, it indicated the woman was likely pregnant, with about a 98% certainty. This was utilized until the 1970s.

Oo6V7 TIL in the 90s, Tina Turner left America and started living in Switzerland. She now is a Swiss citizen, lives permanently in a village in the Alps, and has stated: "I could not imagine a better place to live."

rkXy TIL German was the second most widely spoken language in the USA, until it was forcibly suppressed during WWI. The declaration of Independence in 1776 was even published in German first and only published in English a day later.

rNKXM TIL during the Civil War, the US government started printing bills in fractional dollars, rather than coins, due to a metal shortage. Congress passed a law forbidding living people to be on money after the bills' designer put his own face on them, rather than a US president's.