Post * 7Zmx — Curious Curator

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TIL that the phrase “No pun intended” is a pun on “unintended”

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MbEK TIL the coach of the german soccer team VfL Wolfsburg from 1998 to 2003 was Wolfgang Wolf.

4X4B6 TIL snails have blue blood due to the lack of iron, they used copper instead to transport oxygen.

vJ1x TIL the Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” is a reference to prostitutes in Hamburg who were given a card by medical authorities indicating they didn’t have any STDs.

e0ken TIL of the 'Ill Week' - a kind of late medieval version of the Purge. When Elizabeth I died there was a popular belief that the laws of a kingdom were suspended between the death of a sovereign and the proclamation of the successor.

EKgo TIL that David Heyman, the producer of all 8 Harry Potter movies’ first production was Juice starring Tupac Shakur.