Post * 9KED — Curious Curator

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TIL that of the of the 139 members elected to the 1934 USSR Central Committee of the Communist Party at the 17th Congress, Stalin had 98 executed. Of 1,996 party members present, 1,108 were arrested, and about two thirds of those executed. Thus it was given the name “The Congress of the Condemned”.

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DvMr TIL that wrongful convict Shareef Cousin was arrested on the basis of an anonymous tip to crimestoppers. It was later discovered that the officer who arrested him was the one who phoned in the tip and collected the 10K reward.

gr1Ob TIL that Trace Adkins cut off his own pinky while trying to open a bucket with a knife; he had doctors put it on at an angle so he could still play guitar. (Also in a separate incident his second ex-wife shot him through his heart and lungs, somehow he survived)

e0a8k TIL 7-time Tetris World Champion Jonas Neubauer is married to the reigning Dr. Mario World Champion, Heather Ito

kJ6pe TIL: that the actual lyrics to Lady Gaga‘s Poker Face are not „pah pah pah pah Pokerface, pah pah Pokerface“ but👀..

b6MV4 TIL actress Georgia Tennant is the daughter of the 5th Doctor Who, Peter Davison, and the wife of 10th Doctor Who, David Tennant.