Post * 78yg7 — Curious Curator

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TIL that eminem is first rapper to reach 50 million pure album sales.Physical albums sold, excluding digital downloads and streaming.

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epeb5 TIL the second highest scoring fighter ace with 301 kills, Gerhard Barkhorn, crashed a prototype British Harrier jet fighter in 1965. When being helped from the wreckage he is said to have commented, "Drei hundert und zwei [302]!"

NXrP6 TIL that flying fish escape underwater predators by launching themselves through the air and gliding for hundreds of meters. However, if they fly too high, they encounter another predator in the air: frigatebirds.

v1lA4 TIL of a 20 Foot, 10 Ton great white shark known as Deep Blue. She is believed to be the largest great white shark ever caught on film.

Q66p TIL that the Osage Indians were once the richest per capita people in the world due to oil reserves on their land. Congress then passed a law requiring court appointed “guardians” to manage their wealth. Over 60 Osage were murdered from 1921-1925, their land rights passed to the guardian.

R5Kkw TIL Britain used tommy guns in ww2