Post * 96EG — Curious Curator

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TIL in 1993 a Scotsman was asked to confirm to the court that he was the person summoned. He replied “aye”, but was then told he had to answer yes or no. He replied “aye” again and was imprisoned for 90 minutes for contempt of court. On his release he said “I genuinely thought I was answering him”.

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kODlE TIL volunteer Miss Frank E. Buttolph was responsible for saving and donating 25,000 menus spanning 1850s thru the early 1900s to the New York public library. The collection provides a slice of life historical perspective to ordinary people's lives

LkeyP TIL about triplets who were separated at birth, then randomly find eachother age 20. They discover it happened because of a sick study to know if mental health is grown into or born into. It happened to 6 other twins, and some still don't know their other half

Y7G8d TIL of the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War - a bloodless war between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly that lasted from 1651 until peace was officially declared in 1986

BZ1r TIL - that two of the world’s most successful Surfwear companies, Rip Curl and Quiksilver were both founded in 1969 in the same town small town of Torquay, Australia current pop. >7,000

lJAK TIL That during Spetsnaz training recruits are woken in the middle of the night and thrown into a corridor that is filled knee high with blood and organs. They then have to escape said corridor while being chased by a very angry dog.