Post * 69w68 — Curious Curator

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TIL that Luke Short, a scout, dispatch rider, gambler, and saloon owner, became central to the Dodge City War and later helped reopen the Long Branch.

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gMD8D TIL what the fox really says.. Woke up in the middle of the night hearing someone scream in the backyard. it sounded like someone being tortured. Turns out, it was a fox (not my recording, but it was pretty similar)

vveR TIL A boy who’s circumcision was botched was given a sex change suggested by his doctor. Later, it was discovered the doctor was conducting an experiment trying to prove that gender identity is primarily learned. The boy killed himself at 38 years old.

LkE8V TIL former NBA player, Chris Webber, has an extensive collection of African American artifacts he began collecting his rookie year. It grew so large that it is housed in the Sacramento Public Library’s Archive Vault. It includes signed docs and letters from Malcolm X, MLK, and Frederick Douglass.

W71pN TIL that Bill Lancaster, son of famous actor Burt Lancaster, wrote the screenplays for The Bad News Bears (1976) and John Carpenter's The Thing (1982).

4GVN TIL a Bronze Age burial site about 5 miles from Stonehenge was discovered by a badger.