Post * 4k6N — Curious Curator

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TIL Blazing Saddles’ Governor William J Le Petomane was named after a French flatulist - a professional farter.

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0Vj5 TIL that Simon Beck created giant ‘crop circles’ in the snow by walking for up to 10 hours at a time. Problems in his feet prevented him from running, so he initially started walking in these intricate patterns for the exercise.

R5waa TIL that the Tennessee State code has no laws prohibiting passengers in motor vehicles from consuming alcoholic beverages.

Yp7Br TIL there a ongoing conflict in the Republic of Congo known as the "Pool War" The two belligerents are the Congolese Military and a militia called the ninjas

b9lMa TIL Wimbledon employs a bird of prey, Rufus the Hawk, to keep pigeons away from the tennis courts.

nWlYb TIL about Tobia Nicotra, a prolific Italian forger whose forgeries have been found in the Library of Congress and the Metropolitan Opera. He visited the U.S. in 1932 and led an orchestra impersonating Riccardo Drigo, a composer who had died two years earlier.