Post * 78nwX — Curious Curator

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TIL Bathroom loofahs don't come from the sea but are come out of the sea but are grown on land like giant hanging fruit

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wkPE TIL Bill Wilson, the well known co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, demanded whiskey in the last days of his life and became belligerent when he was denied.

xmrk TIL that in the Victorian era, it was a thing to send “Vinegar” or Hate valentines anonymously to people you disliked. They were often incredibly harsh, and some even suggested the recipient go kill themselves.

g8l4 TIL Jack Ruby, the guy who killed Oswald on live TV, claimed that the JFK assassination “was an act of overthrowing the government” and that he had been injected with cancer cells in prison to silence him. By 1966, Ruby was dead from cancer in his liver, lungs and brain.

X0rk TIL an 18th Century pirate named Calico Jack stole a ship and ran off with another man’s wife, Anne Bonny, who dressed like a man to hide her gender. Among Jack’s crew was another woman dressed as a man, Mary Read. When captured and facing execution, both women were pregnant and were thus pardoned.

9Bb6 TIL the Super Bowl has required national anthem vocals to be pre-recorded since 1993 when Garth Brooks declined to pre-record and then refused to sing live until a dispute over debuting a music video during the game could be settled, resulting in a delayed kickoff.