Post * BrBRL — Curious Curator

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TIL of Konstantinos Koukidis, the Greek sentry on duty when the German Army reached the ancient Acropolis during their 1941 invasion. He was ordered to lower the Greek flag and raise the Nazi one but instead he lowered the Greek flag, wrapped himself in it, and jumped to his death from the rock.

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VMZ1k TIL about a mineral discovered in the town of Cummington, Massachusetts in 1824. It’s called Cummingtonite.

JPZv TIL that a 19th century surgeon once tried to amputate a patient’s leg in under 150 seconds. In his haste, he also amputated his assistant’s fingers and slashed through the coat of a spectator. Both the patient and the assistant died of gangrene, and the spectator dropped dead of fright.

jNQDj TIL that Charles Vallandingham accidentally comitted suicide to prove his case in a court by shootinh himself with a pistol

l7NbK TIL in the UK it's illegal to be DRUNK in a pub / bar

VDRD TIL Chicken used to be flavorful by itself, but we made it taste like nothing.