Post * ANrWg — Curious Curator

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TIL that the blueberry girl from Chocolate Factory and the Leslie from Terabithia are played by the same actress, my whole childhood was a lie

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epxRb TIL Wired telegraph sounders didn't emit beeps. Instead, the signal was fed to an electromagnet which caused a spring-loaded lever to emit clicks for "on" and "off"

dDX8r TIL the Irish tenor Ronan Tynan, known in the U.S. for "God Bless America," is a double amputee who competed in track and field and equestrian at the 1984 and 1988 Paralympics, winning four gold medals. He's also a medical doctor specializing in orthopedics.

aw5XN TIL after his father and brother were killed by Confederate Home Guard, Henry Berry Lowrie led a band of American Indian, White, and African-American men in a guerrilla war against the Confederacy and later the upper class. He obtained a Robbin Hood like status and vanished without a trace in 1872.

DQEBJ TIL suicide technically remained a crime in the UK up to 1961, and doctors dealing with suicides were meant to inform the police.

9wxD6 TIL that Bruce Gamble was a goalie in the NHL for ten years, but his career ended after he suffered a heart attack during a game. He completed the game and did not complain of problems until afterward. He was admitted to a hospital the next day, where it was found that he had had a heart attack.