Post * 5Ol8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Brenda Lee was only 13 years old when she recorded “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”

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KlAa TIL that Mad Magazine publisher William Gaines once took his entire staff to Haiti to convince the sole Haitian subscriber to renew. When a neighbor also bought a subscription Gaines then declared the trip to be a financial success because the magazine had doubled its Haitian circulation.

kJxJd TIL Yi Sun-Sin, the legedary Korean Admiral who who never lost a battle against Japanese, often defeating them against all odds, had never once commanded a naval battle before the beginning of that war. He was a cavalry officer who had only been in the navy for 2 years

ep7Mk TIL of the Brahan Seer, a Scottish prophet who stated that when there were 5 bridges built over the River Ness, there would be worldwide chaos. in 1939, the fifth bridge was built, and then Hitler invaded Poland.

P1O4g TIL of a compliance car, an alternative fuel vehicle made solely for meeting environmental regulations. Typically they are only sold in certain jurisdictions and produced in low quantities. Examples include the GM EV1 and the Fiat 500e

VdrG TIL - A Texas man was arrested for attempting to pay a $600 property bill with $1 notes folded so tightly it reportedly “required tax office personnel approximately six minutes to unfold each bill”.