Post * 4Pja — Curious Curator

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TIL that North Korea produces its own Android tablet, which comes with a pre-installed copy of Angry Birds

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jNGMN TIL that the youngest state governor in American history was Michigan's first governor, Stevens T. Mason, who took office at 24-years-old. In one of his first acts of legislation, Mason ceded land to Ohio in exchange for parts of the Upper Peninsula.

l7OlB TIL that despite remaining neutral during WWII, Switzerland was accidentally bombed over 70 times, most often by the US. After Zurich was accidentally bombed 1945, the American pilots were courtmartialed, and the presiding officer was Col. Jimmy Stewart.

7rVB7 TIL Heating oil is diesel fuel. It is dyed red to indicate that it is not legal to burn in a diesel vehicle because the red dye indicates that there were no road taxes paid with it.

PV0n TIL that the first black Deputy US Marshal of the Wild West was said to have arrested over 3,000 felons in his career, including his own son. He had his belt and hat shot off several times, but was never wounded himself.

0eYL TIL whilst working as an army chaplain just before WW1 Rev. Reginald Dean drank an ‘immortality potion’ given to him by an indian doctor. Now Britain’s oldest man, last week he celebrated his 110th birthday.