Post * DaEp — Curious Curator

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TIL that, when the Founding Father of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid, was asked about the future of Dubai, he said: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel”

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jwWn TIL in 1963 Seventeen men robbed a train without weapons and managed to escape with $74 Million.

DQgAJ TIL that in the late 1800s, religious activist and U.S. Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock destroyed more than 30,000 pounds of books, and influenced Congress to ban the sale of "obscene" books. The resulting law was so broadly applied that some medical textbooks became illegal.

Gdp1 TIL that Scientology head David Miscavige is 5'1" tall (1.55m), which makes him even shorter than Tom Cruise.

x6OLB TIL George the Lobster is the oldest recorded lobster ever, estimated to be 140 years old (born ~1869) at the time of his capture in 2008 off the coast of Newfoundland. He was released back into the wild in 2009 and it is unknown if he remains alive today.

grWX7 TIL from 1971-1980, Australian songs topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart 19 times - all of the songs involved the Bee Gees, Helen Reddy or Olivia Newton-John.