Post * GYXg1 — Curious Curator

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TIL that the Pearl Harbor memorial development had slowed to a halt, only for Elvis to jump in and contribute 50,000 dollars through his "Aloha from Hawaii" benefit concert.

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08Yj TIL a Greek wrestler once lifted a calf everyday for 4 years before carrying the full-grown bull the length of a stadium, before killing and eating it in a single day.

BgxBr TIL about the Montevideo Maru, a Japanese naval ship sunk in 1942 by a U.S. submarine whose crew was unaware it was carrying over a thousand prisoners of war. It remains Australia's worst-ever maritime disaster, and the wreck was discovered only last week.

DQwGJ TIL Four of the 9/11 hijackers passports survived the attack. Two were recovered from the wreckage of flight 93, one was recovered in luggage that had missed a connecting flight, and the fourth was recovered on the floor outside the WTC prior to the towers' collapse.

YWDr TIL Freddie Mercury of Queen intended to record multiple duets with Michael Jackson, but after recording one song he dropped out of any further collaborations because he felt uncomfortable working with Jackson’s pet llama in the studio

gYR8 TIL that Netflix’s catalog has shrunk by more than 2,000 titles in the past couple of years