Post * 5YnP — Curious Curator

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TIL that the reason the Toronto Maple Leafs are not called the Maple “Leaves” is that the name was chosen in honour of the Maple Leaf Regiment from World War I. As the regiment is a proper noun, its plural is Maple Leafs (not Maple Leaves).

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69g0J TIL artist Salvador Dali illustrated a 1969 edition of Alice in Wonderland, with only 2,700 copies printed. It included twelve illustrations and a front-cover etching signed by Dali himself. Signatures of Dali can be spotted throughout, such as the melting clock found at the Mad Tea Party.

JaJm TIL the RMS Empress of Ireland had a cat named Emmy who never missed a voyage until May 28, 1914 when Emmy refused to go aboard. The ship left without her and sunk the next day.

dDmKK TIL that in the first English release of the Game Boy Advance game Tales of Phantasia, the translators accidentally referred to the end of the world as "Kangaroo" instead of "Ragnarok"

yBkp TIL Some caterpillars look like snakes

OG68g TIL that shortly after his death, the corpse of actor John Barrymore (1882-1942) was “borrowed” by director Raoul Walsh and was left propped on a chair for a drunken Errol Flynn to discover when he came home. In 2020, John’s granddaughter, Drew Barrymore, confirmed this story.