Post * 5YMOP — Curious Curator

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TIL of Frank Portusach, who, when American forces captured Guam from Spain during the Spanish American War, was appointed governor of Guam with the only qualification being he was an American Citizen

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pYvjG TIL American dislike bean-y taste of soymilk

PY9AV TIL FOX only averaged a couple of thousand viewers per day in the UK. It was pulled off the air because it was not commercially viable.

LkGOd TIL that 85% of bikinis sold never touch the water

MBp0 TIL the original Mad Max (1979) movie was dubbed from Australian to American for US audiences.

awl8M TIL of John Ruffo, a fugitive who in 1998 was convicted of a scheme to defraud US and foreign banking institutions of 350 million dollars. He was last sighted in 2001, visiting community banks trying to open an account so he could receive $250 million of wire transfers from Nigeria.