Post * E11OW — Curious Curator

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TIL that captive orcas still hunt. They use bait to catch wild birds.

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ZpoDo TIL that in medieval Europe, people used urine to bleach their clothing because it contains ammonia.

nW5oP TIL During the filming of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), When Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, most of the cast and crew was in a state of fear of what was going to happen. Charles Laughton (who played Quasimodo) lightened the mood by reciting the Gettysburg Address.

Z8yJo TIL Shinjuku Station in Tokyo is the busiest transport hub in the world - used by an average of 3.6 million people per day

5YWWk TIL the ‘infinity symbol’ is called a Lemniscate.

9w8GG TIL that in 1862 a letter was found wrapped around an unlit cigar laying in the grass. The secret dispatch #191 gave away Robert E. Lee's troop movements and helped lead to a narrow Northern victory in the battle of Antietam.