Post * 9YmpD — Curious Curator

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TIL that the arcade game Pac-man was originally named Puck-man in Japan, but the name was changed for English-speaking countries because of concerns that the letter “P” would always be vandalized into an “F.”

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Q1jp TIL in 1952 after a good samaritan helped capture notorious bank robber Willie Sutton, NYC Mob Boss Albert Anastasia ordered the man dead after watching an interview with him on TV saying “I can’t stand squealers! Hit that guy!”. The man was killed a few days later. Sutton had no Mob connections

X054E TIL Tesla is the most recalled car brand

LkyNP TIL Chicago is named the Windy City because in the mid 1800’s, journalists thought that the well to do and politicians were “windbags” that only cared about money.

0P5N TIL that in 1979, Elvita Adams jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in an attempted suicide, only to be blown back onto the 85th floor by a gust of wind. Her only injury was a broken hip.

X0vk8 TIL the reason you can’t go up in the Statue of Liberty’s torch is because of shrapnel from an explosion caused by Germans in 1916 to sabotage munitions for the Allied powers.