Post * 9YOnr — Curious Curator

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TIL that the actor who played French WW2 POW Cpl LeBeau in 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” is a French Jew who survived imprisonment in the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp

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wLpLJ TIL On July 21, 1861, the first major battle of the American Civil War, known in the North as the First Battle of Bull Run and in the South as the Battle of First Manassas, also earned the nickname the “Picnic Battle” because spectators showed up with sandwiches and opera glasses to watch the battle

JYvQB TIL that the Australian serial killer, Eric Cooke, was captured by police after he hid a murder weapon in a nearby bush. Police found the weapon and returned it to the same bush tied to fishing line. Police then constructed a hide and waited 17 days until Cooke retrieved the rifle.

56GR TIL that according to legend, the Corgi was a gift from woodland faeries and their markings were caused by saddles and stirrups placed on their backs

b9N19 TIL of Mamitu Gashe, an Ethiopian woman who suffered from an obstetric fistula as a teen. She remained at the free hospital where it was repaired to help out with chores. Over time her responsibilities grew, until she became one of the leading surgeons in her field without formal medical education.

V7D0 TIL Mexican vaqueros used to sport hatbands called “galóns” on their sombreros. A “10 galón” was a hat large enough to hold 10 hatbands. It is believed that American cowboys may have anglicized the word “galón” and thus, started referring to their own sombrero-inspired headgear as “10-gallon hats.”