Post * BgEJd — Curious Curator

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TIL US soldiers are four times as likely to die by suicide than in combat

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NX4ZQ TIL Drake's Plate - a brass plaque initially believed to be inscribed & left by Sir Francis Drake at the site of his CA landfall & considered CA's greatest historic treasure at the time of its "discovery" - was a prank on historians by their peers that escalated out of control (despite many clues)

9P07 TIL that Robin Williams was the first person to make Christopher Reeve laugh after his tragic horseback accident by disguising himself as a crazy russian doctor and sneaking into the hospital room

ne6lB TIL High heels were originally worn by men. Wealthy 17th-century men in Europe wore them to imply their upper-class status; only someone who did not have to work could afford, both financially and practically, to wear such extravagant shoes.

5K9n TIL new queen bees make a “piping” sound to announce their presence to other queens in the hive – and signal their intent to kill them all.

nAWY TIL United Airlines denied 3.5 billion dollars worth of employee pension