Post * ANZ6o — Curious Curator

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TIL: In 1494, Europe experienced the closest thing to a real-life zombie outbreak.

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OGYBa TIL that the Chinese warlord Zhang Zongchang, who ruled Shandong during a turbulent period of civil war and was known for his exceptional brutality and sexual exploits, kept his elderly mother near him at all times. Even on campaign, he gave her a personal railcar to accompany his army in.

yVONv TIL - The term toast came from the Romans. They would put a piece of burnt toast in to their wine glasses to temper some of the bad wine the Romans sometimes had to drink. The charcoal from the toast would reduce the acidity of off wines making them more palatable.

5YlnD TIL: In 1209, a student of Oxford University apparently killed a woman and fled. In retaliation, the townspeople hanged three students. The school suspended operations and the faculty all feared the mob. Many of the facility then moved to Cambridge and founded a new university there.

9YB6Q TIL In Taipei there is a Dog Temple that follows an "amoral code" and is a place of worship for gangsters, thugs, prostitutes, gamblers etc. In place of incense sticks, visitors burn cigarettes as a sign of prayer.

R7kD4 TIL that there is a prisoner in the UK named Robert Maudsley who has spent 40 years in solitary confinement. He killed one person and was put in prison and killed another 2 people while in prison. His cell is like the one in 'Silence of the Lambs' with Hannibal Lecter.