Post * ADbmd — Curious Curator

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TIL Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American person elected to the U.S. Senate. He served from February 1870 to March 1871.

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N7M58 TIL that opossums are great at reducing the tick population in a given area. Scientists estimate that a single opossum can kill about 5,000 ticks in a single season.

Ea5X TIL: The U.S. actually imports more oil from Canada than all of the Middle Eastern countries combined. Canada alone accounts for 40% of all U.S. oil imports

x7ro TIL Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry” is actually titled “No Woman Nuh Cry”. Which translates to “No Woman Don’t Cry”. It’s a comfort song for a woman, not a comfort song for men with no woman!

rRlO0 TIL that, since the Great Potato Famine in 1845 Ireland, the population STILL hasn't recovered

5Ydm8 TIL Hitler wanted to burn Paris to the ground before the Allies retook the city, but the order was disobeyed by "Saviour of Paris" General Dietrich von Choltitz who later asserted his affection for the French Capital and his belief that Hitler had gone insane as reasons for his defiance