Post * E1yOP — Curious Curator

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TIL the 7-10 split isn't actually the hardest shot for professional bowlers. Instead there is a 5 pin split called the 'Greek Church' which is made even less often.

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KWKB TIL of “Judas wolves”, wolves that are trapped and radio-collared so that hunters can track them back to their packs and kill their entire families

dmQd TIL that Nancy Pelosi owns more stock in Comcast than any other member of the House of Representatives.

e6g TIL that in 1869, President U.S. Grant tried to annex the Dominican Republic and grant it statehood in order to protect African-Americans from the KKK

9YD0p TIL NFL player Pat Tillman joined the army after 9/11 but became opposed to the war while oversees. He was then killed by a soldier standing less than 10 yards from him during friendly fire. His unit then burned his journal and the army lied to his family, claiming he'd been killed by the enemy.

PYBbn TIL while the winners of the 1971 Cannonball Run - a street race across the USA - were driving a Ferrari Daytona, the 2nd place finishers had a Chevy van fitted with a 248-gallon auxiliary tank to minimize the refuel count. The van took only 53 minutes longer than the Ferrari to finish the race in.