Post * 5wDk — Curious Curator

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TIL the Adidas and Puma clothing companies were founded by two brothers who feuded until their deaths. (Bonus: they were both members of the Nazi party).

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xe8D TIL Actress Carey Mulligan and singer Marcus Mumford were childhood penpals. They lost touch, reconnected as adults, and eventually married.

OoYG1 TIL that city security cameras in San Francisco haven't deterred criminals from committing assaults, sex offenses or robberies, but it did reduce homicide within 250 ft of the camera, while increasing homicide by the same amount 250-500 ft away from the camera.

JYwkm TIL of Black Wednesday, the first Wednesday of every August when the new cohort of junior doctors begin working in the NHS after graduating medical school, where patients are about 6% more likely to die than on other days

KY849 TIL The Ancient Roman legions issued dog tags to legionnaires like modern militaries do

78Aop TIL that the xxx rating in america has never actually been recognised by the mpaa, and it was invented by adult movie studios to imply their films were more hardcore than normal x-rated films